Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[riodouro]

Nice to see Contador with all the GC Guys

 

[TommyGun]

He is definitely getting better, even a small attack to test his legs. Maybe not all hope is lost for the Alps.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Better day for him...hung on to every attack and that looked like more of a tester than anything else when he did a mini surge. He should be solid for the Alps

 

[Matteo.]

Rain saved all fortunately and the general level has flattened.
we will see on Alpes with a little more of confidence

 

[Taxus4a]

Congrats to Alberto, he did a meritable stage today.

 

[Arredondo]

Again you see. Rain, and Purito and Contador going better and better.

 

[BlurryVII]

Glad to see he didn't lose any more time today.

He looked much better today thanks to the rain, covered Froome's attack as well.

If we see another Contador in the alps and Froome fades a little bit, 4 minutes would be quickly shut down. There's still hope.

What's the obvious though, is that Quintana isn't doing better than what I expect from him, he is extremely overrated.

And Contador in top form would bury everyone over 3 weeks.

 

[Netserk]

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Congrats to Alberto, he did a meritable stage today.

Really impressive here, you can see on Uran how hard the Giro-Tour double is.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Being dropped by 1/ 1.30min will be good today

 

[Captain_Obvious]

Damn global warming.

I'm more hopeful about the Alps.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

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Congrats to Alberto, he did a meritable stage today.

Really impressive here, you can see on Uran how hard the Giro-Tour double is.

LRP laughs at this as hard as he laughed at Contador and Nibali today.

 

[casati]

Encouraging signs, also froome attacking and not making it stick is encouraging as well

 

[dacooley]

Glad to see he didn't lose any more time today.

He looked much better today thanks to the rain, covered Froome's attack as well.

If we see another Contador in the alps and Froome fades a little bit, 4 minutes would be quickly shut down. There's still hope.

What's the obvious though, is that Quintana isn't doing better than what I expect from him, he is extremely overrated.

And Contador in top form would bury everyone over 3 weeks.

you massively underrate everyone but bertie
very impressive day from him though

 

[Miburo]

In the ideal situation where somehow froome gets worse (not that good today) and contador gets better maybe something is possible.

I hope he tries some crazy stuff at least.

But where's the damian guy talking how contador's allergies are complete bs?

 

[SeriousSam]

A lot of people stayed with Froome today. Not just Contador.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

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A lot of people stayed with Froome today. Not just Contador.

Rain isn't good for Froome's skin

 

[Matteo.]

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In the ideal situation where somehow froome gets worse (not that good today) and contador gets better maybe something is possible.

I hope he tries some crazy stuff at least.

But where's the damian guy talking how contador's allergies are complete bs?

And he need a crazy attack , but all of them. They can't wait the last climb otherwise Sky and Froome could destroy them again

 

[Captain_Obvious]

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A lot of people stayed with Froome today. Not just Contador.

True. Though from what I saw, Quintana and Contador were able to react best. I would even give Nairo the edge in that.

 

[BlurryVII]

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A lot of people stayed with Froome today. Not just Contador.

No, he answered to his acceleration along with Quintana, that's not the same.

And that's Contador in bad form.

 

[arvc40]

More to come from Contador. Shame Sky have riders to keep everyone on there limits.

 

[arvc40]

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A lot of people stayed with Froome today. Not just Contador.

No, he answered to his acceleration along with Quintana, that's not the same.

And that's Contador in bad form.

Yep, he was pretty good shuting gaps there. And he was not on the wheel atall

 

[arvc40]

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Being dropped by 1/ 1.30min will be good today

Golden ..........

 

[TourOfSardinia]

AC
Still behind
Plan G
in the
GC

 

[rm7]

Now we know that Contador isn't in bad shape, it was clearly the hot weather and the pollen allergi affecting his performance the other day.

He's not in topform, otherwise Contador doesn't arrive in a group with 10 other riders, but he's in a decent shape. We all saw that today.

Let's just pray for cold weather and some rain in the Alps, then we could see fireworks. Then he'll clearly try long distance attack, if he's feeling this well again.

If there's hot weather again, then I think he'll struggle.

 

[Netserk]

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A lot of people stayed with Froome today. Not just Contador.

Yeah, but he was probably tied with Piti for 4th best today behind Froome, Quintana and Thomas.