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Didn't see him much, but he was 16th todayILovecycling said:How was Alberto today?I havent seen it yet.
Didn't see him much, but he was 16th todayILovecycling said:How was Alberto today?I havent seen it yet.
LaFlorecita said:Oh rightKwibus said:LaFlorecita said:You should open a forum meet-up threadKwibus said:I wonder if more people feel like going there as well. La flo doesn't feel like meeting there and that's fine.
Anyone else?
Carols, buy a ticket and fly over to amsterdam. Go for a week of tdf (or 3) and meet us in Utrecht. Seriously that would be awesome. To meet the grandlady of the cn forum![]()
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Well I really dont want to meet up with everyone on this forum.... If you know what I mean....![]()
BYOP88 said:LaFlorecita said:Oh rightKwibus said:LaFlorecita said:You should open a forum meet-up threadKwibus said:I wonder if more people feel like going there as well. La flo doesn't feel like meeting there and that's fine.
Anyone else?
Carols, buy a ticket and fly over to amsterdam. Go for a week of tdf (or 3) and meet us in Utrecht. Seriously that would be awesome. To meet the grandlady of the cn forum![]()
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Well I really dont want to meet up with everyone on this forum.... If you know what I mean....![]()
Yeah I don't want to meet Piet but any other Contador fan will be fine, I feel there's a chance you can all be saved, aside from Piet, natch!![]()
thanks, I cant wait for tommorowLaFlorecita said:Didn't see him much, but he was 16th todayILovecycling said:How was Alberto today?I havent seen it yet.
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Electress said:I don't need saving.Happy in here in Arcadia. Come on over from the Dark Side!
ILovecycling said:thanks, I cant wait for tommorowLaFlorecita said:Didn't see him much, but he was 16th todayILovecycling said:How was Alberto today?I havent seen it yet.
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ILovecycling said:thanks, I cant wait for tommorowLaFlorecita said:Didn't see him much, but he was 16th todayILovecycling said:How was Alberto today?I havent seen it yet.
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yep, thats possible! thats why Im looking forward to stg 3contador977 said:ILovecycling said:thanks, I cant wait for tommorowLaFlorecita said:Didn't see him much, but he was 16th todayILovecycling said:How was Alberto today?I havent seen it yet.
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I wouldnt be surprised to see Contador bluff tomorrow, moreso than winning the stage. Im still not sure what happened on Finestre. I dont think its as simple as it appears, that he was tiring or had a bad day. holding that 1:30 gap in the valley and then up Sestriere isnt a sign of a rider who bonked. I wouldnt put it past Contador to do this. His TT and Mortirolo climb might have been the only time he showed his cards. He might have given the impression he was vulnerable on purpose, at other points during the Giro.
Angliru said:KyoGrey said:I'm sorry, I don't know what do you mean by "todays era", but talentwise both Jan Ullrich and Frank Vandenbroucke had the opportunity to evolve into multilple Monument GT winners.
Shame that they didnt have some of Valverde's not so recognised talents: professionalism and a strong work ethic...
I don't recall Vandenbroucke ever even reaching the podium of a grand tour. Stage wins and potentially a top 10 in a grand tour was the extent of his abilities in grand tours. I don't think he had the mental discipline to contend for the victory in grand tours.
ray j willings said:I want to see Bertie step up tomorrow. If he gets dropped by Quintana then his tour chances become very slim IMO.
Looking good so far. He really been chucking his bike around " the wiggle" that's a good sign.
Fwiw I think Berto would be able to beat Quintana in a sprint. In case they reach the finish togetherBlurryVII said:ray j willings said:I want to see Bertie step up tomorrow. If he gets dropped by Quintana then his tour chances become very slim IMO.
Looking good so far. He really been chucking his bike around " the wiggle" that's a good sign.
Not too much though, if he proves to be more than 30 secs better than everyone else on Balès, we're in for a meltdown in the 3rd week of the Tour.
An attack under 2 - 3 kms from the summit would be just fine to take the GC if he can, I really don't wanna see a demonstration of strength or him getting dropped. Just in between or following the others would be fine.
Thats a nonsense, Quintana is on par with him climbing wise in this form (well we dont know their form, but predicted), how would that be terrible result?ray j willings said:I want to see Bertie step up tomorrow. If he gets dropped by Quintana then his tour chances become very slim IMO.
Looking good so far. He really been chucking his bike around " the wiggle" that's a good sign.
that would an epic sprint on topsLaFlorecita said:Fwiw I think Berto would be able to beat Quintana in a sprint. In case they reach the finish togetherBlurryVII said:ray j willings said:I want to see Bertie step up tomorrow. If he gets dropped by Quintana then his tour chances become very slim IMO.
Looking good so far. He really been chucking his bike around " the wiggle" that's a good sign.
Not too much though, if he proves to be more than 30 secs better than everyone else on Balès, we're in for a meltdown in the 3rd week of the Tour.
An attack under 2 - 3 kms from the summit would be just fine to take the GC if he can, I really don't wanna see a demonstration of strength or him getting dropped. Just in between or following the others would be fine.![]()
ILovecycling said:Thats a nonsense, Quintana is on par with him climbing wise in this form (well we dont know their form, but predicted), how would that be terrible result?ray j willings said:I want to see Bertie step up tomorrow. If he gets dropped by Quintana then his tour chances become very slim IMO.
Looking good so far. He really been chucking his bike around " the wiggle" that's a good sign.![]()
BlurryVII said:ILovecycling said:Thats a nonsense, Quintana is on par with him climbing wise in this form (well we dont know their form, but predicted), how would that be terrible result?ray j willings said:I want to see Bertie step up tomorrow. If he gets dropped by Quintana then his tour chances become very slim IMO.
Looking good so far. He really been chucking his bike around " the wiggle" that's a good sign.![]()
Any Quintana is not on par with peak Contador climbing wise.
Regardless, Contador getting dropped would be a bad sign either way, because we won't know if his form is going downhill , or if he is tired, is he gonna recover, is this planned and so on and so forth. It's just gonna cast so many doubts on our minds.
This has nothing to do with Quintana being a favourite, if he gets dropped by him or anyone else, it's equally worrying.
If you think AC will be on his peak then we can start to celebrateBlurryVII said:ILovecycling said:Thats a nonsense, Quintana is on par with him climbing wise in this form (well we dont know their form, but predicted), how would that be terrible result?ray j willings said:I want to see Bertie step up tomorrow. If he gets dropped by Quintana then his tour chances become very slim IMO.
Looking good so far. He really been chucking his bike around " the wiggle" that's a good sign.![]()
Any Quintana is not on par with peak Contador climbing wise.
Regardless, Contador getting dropped would be a bad sign either way, because we won't know if his form is going downhill , or if he is tired, is he gonna recover, is this planned and so on and so forth. It's just gonna cast so many doubts on our minds.
This has nothing to do with Quintana being a favourite, if he gets dropped by him or anyone else, it's equally worrying.
This won't happen of course, unless Quintana made some terrible mistake in his preparation.Even if he is in so-so form it would require huge amount of energy from Alberto to 'destroy' Quintana, which I doubt he wants to useray j willings said:BlurryVII said:ILovecycling said:Thats a nonsense, Quintana is on par with him climbing wise in this form (well we dont know their form, but predicted), how would that be terrible result?ray j willings said:I want to see Bertie step up tomorrow. If he gets dropped by Quintana then his tour chances become very slim IMO.
Looking good so far. He really been chucking his bike around " the wiggle" that's a good sign.![]()
Any Quintana is not on par with peak Contador climbing wise.
Regardless, Contador getting dropped would be a bad sign either way, because we won't know if his form is going downhill , or if he is tired, is he gonna recover, is this planned and so on and so forth. It's just gonna cast so many doubts on our minds.
This has nothing to do with Quintana being a favourite, if he gets dropped by him or anyone else, it's equally worrying.
That's how I feel. If Quintana roars off like he did last time and drops Bertie, It would be worrying.
If Bertie destroys Quintana tomorrow , I will be happy. That would be sign of confidence and would serve a psychological blow to Nibs and Froome.,,,,,,,not Porte![]()
SeriousSam said:According to a bookmaker, Contador is the most likely rider to win the stage tomorrow.![]()
TheYouyou7 said:SeriousSam said:According to a bookmaker, Contador is the most likely rider to win the stage tomorrow.![]()
Where did you see this ?