Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Miburo]

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Some rumors in Spain that Alberto will race the Vuelta.

I hope it's true cause he'll only do the vuelta if he can win it so that's good. But i highly doubt that he has the shape, seems impossible.

There's the training vid too, you would assume he would lay off the bike, what's the point? He has plenty of time to start prep for next season

 

[Beech Mtn]

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Some rumors in Spain that Alberto will race the Vuelta.

Alberto is trying to become the next Carlos Sastre?

 

[wattage]

I don't but to me it would be totally batshit crazy to do the Vuelta. But then again he is the pro, I guess he knows.

 

[LaFlorecita]

It would be idiotic, he was already struggling at the Tour, he will never win the Vuelta and it would jeopardize his preparation for next year. I think Alberto is smart enough to realize this.
Probably someone started speculating because of the training video and his cryptic tweet, and others took that as fact.

 

[Jspear]

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It would be idiotic, he was already struggling at the Tour, he will never win the Vuelta and it would jeopardize his preparation for next year. I think Alberto is smart enough to realize this.
Probably someone started speculating because of the training video and his cryptic tweet, and others took that as fact.

You'd probably know best since you follow him so closely. Would he be moto pacing and training this early if he was just getting ready for next year? For instance, did he start training this early in 2013 when he was preparing for 2014?

 

[Arredondo]

Riding the Vuelta would be the most stupid thing to do. He will not even top-8 with his current shape.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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It would be idiotic, he was already struggling at the Tour, he will never win the Vuelta and it would jeopardize his preparation for next year. I think Alberto is smart enough to realize this.
Probably someone started speculating because of the training video and his cryptic tweet, and others took that as fact.

You'd probably know best since you follow him so closely. Would he be moto pacing and training this early if he was just getting ready for next year? For instance, did he start training this early in 2013 when he was preparing for 2014?

I don't know if he did it in previous years, however I wouldn't read too much into it

 

[Arredondo]

El entorno de @albertocontador sobre su presencia en @lavuelta: "son sólo rumores" http://bit.ly/1gK60JJ (por @Vanlooyalfas)

Like we all thought

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Riding the Vuelta would be the most stupid thing to do. He will not even top-8 with his current shape.

I am sure he would be top 5, but anything except for the win would be a failure and not worth jeopardizing his 2016 preparation.

 

[Arredondo]

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Riding the Vuelta would be the most stupid thing to do. He will not even top-8 with his current shape.

I am sure he would be top 5, but anything except for the win would be a failure and not worth jeopardizing his 2016 preparation.

Even for guys like Purito, Valverde, Nibali and Froome there's a chance they will finish behind fresher guys like Aru, Landa and Pozzo. Imagine someone who already rode a hard Giro and Tour, and someone who was already tired and way below his normal level in the latter GT.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Alberto isn't on the 12 rider shortlist of the team so he is not allowed to ride (in 2014 he was on the shortlist which started the speculations)

 

[Jspear]

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Alberto isn't on the 12 rider shortlist of the team so he is not allowed to ride (in 2014 he was on the shortlist which started the speculations)

There ya go, case closed! I got to admit, since we are talking about Contador here, I was wondering if he would actually try it. Ain't got to wonder no more.

 

[Nilsson]

It could be a smart move to race the Vuelta. After all: he could become the first and only rider in history to finish in the top 10 in all three GT's in one season. This actually would give him some kind of historic record after all, which he deires. Also, it's possilbe that his 'double'-attempt will be bettered at the Vuelta and winter might be long if it already starts now (and he's getting at a point in his career the end is near - and motivation and desire to get out and suffer in training might be less abundant).

 

[Angliru]

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Why is Contador out moto pacing already ?
Prep for next year or for this year ??

Yeah I was thinking about that myself after seeing the video this morning.

What video?

 

[TMP402]

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Why is Contador out moto pacing already ?
Prep for next year or for this year ??

Yeah I was thinking about that myself after seeing the video this morning.

What video?

Posted on the previous page.

 

[Angliru]

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Why is Contador out moto pacing already ?
Prep for next year or for this year ??

Yeah I was thinking about that myself after seeing the video this morning.

What video?

Posted on the previous page.

The link says "Page doesn't exist."

 

[AStiller]

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[quote="TMP402

The link says "Page doesn't exist."

...just like Contador's hopes to win another Tour :-D

 

[ray j willings]

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[quote="TMP402

The link says "Page doesn't exist."

...just like Contador's hopes to win another Tour :-D

Please check the Chris Froome thread where I posted a video in response to your uneducated post ,like the one you have posted on this page that you will enjoy immensely
just in case you missed it over there ,,,enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YScKkvHIxwE

 

[LaFlorecita]

Alberto won a post-Tour criterium in Netherlands today in front of Kruijswijk and Mollema, Froome wasn't even on the podium hehehe

 

[Jspear]

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Alberto won a post-Tour criterium in Netherlands today in front of Kruijswijk and Mollema, Froome wasn't even on the podium hehehe

Yes! He obviously has gotten back into top form...he should ride the Vuelta!

 

[TMP402]

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Why is Contador out moto pacing already ?
Prep for next year or for this year ??

Yeah I was thinking about that myself after seeing the video this morning.

What video?

Posted on the previous page.

The link says "Page doesn't exist."

Clearly the tweeter didn't want people seeing it

 

[Carols]

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Alberto won a post-Tour criterium in Netherlands today in front of Kruijswijk and Mollema, Froome wasn't even on the podium hehehe

Now we know why he was out motor pacing

 

[portugal11]

next year, contador will win tirreno, cataluña, pais vasco, dauphine and tour

 

[HelloDolly]

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Alberto won a post-Tour criterium in Netherlands today in front of Kruijswijk and Mollema, Froome wasn't even on the podium hehehe

You do know these crits are fixed.

 

[sir fly]

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Alberto won a post-Tour criterium in Netherlands today in front of Kruijswijk and Mollema, Froome wasn't even on the podium hehehe

Are you sure it was a post-Tour criterium? Looks like a pre-Vuelta criterium to me.