LaFlorecita said:He looks scarily thin. Ammattipyoraily noticed it too.hfer07 said:I just saw a picture of him during the Fundacion Contador team and- god damn-he looks skinny![]()
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Never seen him this thin at this point, hopefully the engine is working too. And we will see if his TT skills have been compromised.
masking_agent said:Alonso , Contador, Riis for 2017 ?
hfer07 said:Miburo said:The setting up of a project was gonna happen for sure so yea he was lying. You're in some serious denial if you think Contador was considering retiring when he's only 33.
Can we speculate about a possible Contador-Riis collaboration?![]()
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staubsauger said:Don't forget about the Manolo possibility.
Lately Manolo is just whinging about everything Alberto says and does so I think they've burned all bridges.KyoGrey said:staubsauger said:Don't forget about the Manolo possibility.
It seems that Manolo is going in another way, linked with the Cafe Baque amateur structures in Biscay and trying to grow it into a professional continental team.
Another old master that is rumoured to bring back a team is Minguez with the sponsorship of an insurance company.
But in my opinion, it wont happen for both of them. For Contador there are more possibilities.
ThanksMarco Pantani said:
Oh, okay. I din't know that.LaFlorecita said:Lately Manolo is just whinging about everything Alberto says and does so I think they've burned all bridges.KyoGrey said:staubsauger said:Don't forget about the Manolo possibility.
It seems that Manolo is going in another way, linked with the Cafe Baque amateur structures in Biscay and trying to grow it into a professional continental team.
Another old master that is rumoured to bring back a team is Minguez with the sponsorship of an insurance company.
But in my opinion, it wont happen for both of them. For Contador there are more possibilities.
Cannibal72 said:If Contador-Riis-Saxo goes ahead, and they buy Tinkoff's licence, I think Majka could stay on. I don't know how well he gets on with Contador, but he'd be in contract anyway and presumably Contador would only race one more season, so Majka might think he had a good chance of TdF leadership after Contador's gone.
LaFlorecita said:He looks scarily thin. Ammattipyoraily noticed it too.hfer07 said:I just saw a picture of him during the Fundacion Contador team and- god damn-he looks skinny![]()
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https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/699198892588601344?s=09
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Never seen him this thin at this point, hopefully the engine is working too. And we will see if his TT skills have been compromised.
rhubroma said:LaFlorecita said:He looks scarily thin. Ammattipyoraily noticed it too.hfer07 said:I just saw a picture of him during the Fundacion Contador team and- god damn-he looks skinny![]()
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https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/699198892588601344?s=09
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Never seen him this thin at this point, hopefully the engine is working too. And we will see if his TT skills have been compromised.
You know what Flo, it reconfirms what I thought about him last year after 2014. I couldn't understand why he was visibly heavier at both the Giro and Tour. I mean 2013 was a lesson, 2014 was to set things straight...and he did.
2015 though was a step backwards and now 2016 he is leaner than ever, even than 2014! The whole thing is weird. It's almost as if something led him astray last year, or didn't permit him to be in top shape??? But how, I asked myself then, was that possible, given the adjustments made between 2013 and 2014? He knew in 2015 what shape he needed to be in to be the best, while 2014 gave him the formula, but he wasn't even close. And now, presto, he's either going to miss the target due to an accident, or else he's going to crush it like never before. But Froome, to the contrary, has been just as lean, or leaner, without loosing any power, for the last several years. This after being a more robust, mediocre pro at the begining of his career. While Alberto, who quickly asserted himself as the best, is now more eradic in form from one year to the next??? It doesn't make sense.
Something doesn't add up.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/02/news/contador-needs-20-million-euro-in-45-days-for-new-team_395485Contador, meanwhile, looked trimmer than ever, barely filling out his business suit as he met reporters Monday ahead of his season debut at the Volta ao Algarve on Wednesday.
“I starved myself over the winter to get thin,” Contador said. “The big goal of the season is the Tour de France. I am very motivated for this season.”
LaFlorecita said:55 I think, I got pictures of the pages sent to me (don't tell anyoneAngliru said:LaFlorecita said:It's not that weird if the rumors are true, that he doesn't really want to make the sacrifices anymore. Carlos Arribas wrote in Rouleur Magazine that he is "tired, sad, misunderstood and very lonely" in other words he does not want to be a cyclist anymore.Miburo said:The setting up of a project was gonna happen for sure so yea he was lying. You're in some serious denial if you think Contador was considering retiring when he's only 33.
Which issue of Roleur was that?) so not sure
I thought the article was a bit sensationalist but still some interesting quotes in there. Also from infamous Dr Celaya
rhubroma said:LaFlorecita said:He looks scarily thin. Ammattipyoraily noticed it too.hfer07 said:I just saw a picture of him during the Fundacion Contador team and- god damn-he looks skinny![]()
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https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/699198892588601344?s=09
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Never seen him this thin at this point, hopefully the engine is working too. And we will see if his TT skills have been compromised.
You know what Flo, it reconfirms what I thought about him last year after 2014. I couldn't understand why he was visibly heavier at both the Giro and Tour. I mean 2013 was a lesson, 2014 was to set things straight...and he did.
2015 though was a step backwards and now 2016 he is leaner than ever, even than 2014! The whole thing is weird. It's almost as if something led him astray last year, or didn't permit him to be in top shape??? But how, I asked myself then, was that possible, given the adjustments made between 2013 and 2014? He knew in 2015 what shape he needed to be in to be the best, while 2014 gave him the formula, but he wasn't even close. And now, presto, he's either going to miss the target due to an accident, or else he's going to crush it like never before. But Froome, to the contrary, has been just as lean, or leaner, without loosing any power, for the last several years. This after being a more robust, mediocre pro at the begining of his career. While Alberto, who quickly asserted himself as the best, is now more eradic in form from one year to the next??? It doesn't make sense.
Something doesn't add up.
peloton said:Fingers crossed he won't get sick.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/02/news/contador-needs-20-million-euro-in-45-days-for-new-team_395485Contador, meanwhile, looked trimmer than ever, barely filling out his business suit as he met reporters Monday ahead of his season debut at the Volta ao Algarve on Wednesday.
“I starved myself over the winter to get thin,” Contador said. “The big goal of the season is the Tour de France. I am very motivated for this season.”
KyoGrey said:staubsauger said:Don't forget about the Manolo possibility.
It seems that Manolo is going in another way, linked with the Cafe Baque amateur structures in Biscay and trying to grow it into a professional continental team.
Another old master that is rumoured to bring back a team is Minguez with the sponsorship of an insurance company.
But in my opinion, it wont happen for both of them. For Contador there are more possibilities.
Angliru said:rhubroma said:LaFlorecita said:He looks scarily thin. Ammattipyoraily noticed it too.hfer07 said:I just saw a picture of him during the Fundacion Contador team and- god damn-he looks skinny![]()
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https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/699198892588601344?s=09
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Never seen him this thin at this point, hopefully the engine is working too. And we will see if his TT skills have been compromised.
You know what Flo, it reconfirms what I thought about him last year after 2014. I couldn't understand why he was visibly heavier at both the Giro and Tour. I mean 2013 was a lesson, 2014 was to set things straight...and he did.
2015 though was a step backwards and now 2016 he is leaner than ever, even than 2014! The whole thing is weird. It's almost as if something led him astray last year, or didn't permit him to be in top shape??? But how, I asked myself then, was that possible, given the adjustments made between 2013 and 2014? He knew in 2015 what shape he needed to be in to be the best, while 2014 gave him the formula, but he wasn't even close. And now, presto, he's either going to miss the target due to an accident, or else he's going to crush it like never before. But Froome, to the contrary, has been just as lean, or leaner, without loosing any power, for the last several years. This after being a more robust, mediocre pro at the begining of his career. While Alberto, who quickly asserted himself as the best, is now more eradic in form from one year to the next??? It doesn't make sense.
Something doesn't add up.
I think it was combination of what Carol says, aging and the fact that he was in uncharted territory trying to do the Giro and the Tour as a predetermined plan for his 2015 season. Maybe ride himself into shape over the course of the Giro, building form and hopefully dropping pounds with the intent of peaking at the Tour. I know with me as I've gotten older it becomes harder and harder to keep the pounds off and pass up second helpings of the foods that I really enjoy. Add to that motivations just tends to lag a bit. Maybe doing only 3 instead 4 repeats of a climb, or of an interval or any particular workout. He looks scarily lean in that shot though. I'm quite curious to see him at Algarve. I'm hoping for the best.
LaFlorecita said:Maybe the failure gave him extra motivation both now and 2 years ago
LaFlorecita said:Maybe the failure gave him extra motivation both now and 2 years ago
His goal was the double and he failed to achieve that. And he was not at his best level.peloton said:LaFlorecita said:Maybe the failure gave him extra motivation both now and 2 years ago
How is winning the Giro ever a failure![]()