Taxus,
You are right that, at times, other riders have looked stronger - even at times significantly stronger - than AC. 2011 Tour, Froome in 2013, Landa and Aru in a couple of the climbing stages in the Giro. You are also right that, so far, Froome appears to be the stronger rider.
However, your extreme bias, which is clear to everyone, appears to cloud your vision. A few things:
1. Despite looking shaky at times in the Giro, he won. He absolutely destroyed Landa in the ITT, which, like it or not, is a component of every GT, and often a decisive component.
2. Froome and Contador put up some strong numbers during the Vuelta 2014. They were not exactly handicapped. Contador won and was clearly the stronger.
3. Contador did give credit to Landa. Consider this quote after the Motirolo stage, during which, as you will recall, Astana pushed hard after Contador's mechanical. "“To Mikel Landa, I can only say: chapeau. These are the stages that people remember,” Contador said.
Read more at
http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/race-report/landa-steals-the-show-contador-extends-lead-in-giro-stage-16_371741#BOIbjtfMccYoV8Hp.99
Or this one: "Landa was incredible, too, so it wasn't easy." "Landa was stronger than Aru, I think we saw that today," Contador said, though he was cautious about declaring that his fellow countryman – now fourth at 4:46 – might prove the greater threat from the Astana camp over the final six stages.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-contador-says-landa-was-stronger-than-aru
Or here again:
“The team was good today, and I kept and eye on my closest rival, Mikel Landa,” said Contador.
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/05/aru-fights-back-to-take-stage-19-of-giro-ditalia-contador-keeps-his-powder-dry-in-advance-of-final-mountain-stage/
4. You seem to hold it against him that he didn't prostrate himself before Landa, declaring him much stronger than he himself, Contador. As I already said, Contador destroyed him in the ITT, so that wouldn't be totally accurate. Secondly, you seem to have a weak grasp of tactics. If you recall, Landa said he didn't attack sooner on the Colle delle Finestre because Contador appeared to be strong. He was closing down attacks well, he'd performed well on previous climbs, only losing time to Landa after working hard to catch up, only losing time to Aru after choosing to mark Landa instead, etc. If he had been telling everyone that Landa was a much stronger climber than him, don't you think Landa might have gone earlier? What does he gain from letting a stronger climber know that he is feeling weaker and might not be able to follow a strong attack? Tactically, that makes no sense. His goal was to win the Giro d'Italia, not run a science experiment to determine who has the best engine.
5. Contador has never ducked opponents. He took on Rasmussen toe to toe when Rasmussen was a monster, he was the only person in the peloton with the cojones to face down Lance mano a mano, both on and off the bike, he took on all comers in 2011 after already having raced the Giro, he continued attacking after it being clear he would not win, he continued fighting in 2013 after Froome had basically humiliating him (a lesser rider would have been broken), he continued fighting Purito and Piti in the Vuelta 2013 despite losing time stage after stage, he took on Froome and Quintana in the 2014 Vuelta after crashing out of the Tour, he's doing the double this year...
6. You compare Contador to Lance. No one has ever made any allegations to support this, nor do riders seem to view him in that light. Do you have any support for this at all? As far as I can tell, even former teammates (Tiralongo, Sammy Sanchez) have been willing to work for him after loyalty to him as a person.
In conclusion, it is one thing to make reasonable statements like, "Froome appears very strong right now. Contador appears weaker. It is likely that Froome will beat Contador in this."
But your insistence on spouting extremely biased, often historically inaccurate opinions (which you state as fact) about him is frustrating. You clearly have some insider info on cyclists, or you like people to think you do, and you seem to know something about cycling, and at times it seems like you should be a great poster, despite your poor English (I know it's not your first language), but your blind hatred of Contador emasculates any legitimate point you might make.
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