sir fly said:On contrary. He should beat Sky wherever a chance presents itself. He should discourage them and pull back long time ago lost psychological advantage. There's no worry about spending himself. He's experience enough and there's a month to recover.Publicus said:Red Rick said:Hoping he just sits on Froomes wheel the rest of the Dauphine, if Porte gets away, so be it.
This. He doesn't need to go deep. He has a marker of where he is strength-wise. Follow Froome and let Porte or whoever take overall.
LaFlorecita said:Of course he shouldn't just sit on Froome's wheel and let Porte take the overall. That's nonsense.
sir fly said:It's not something objective that exists on the road, it's an inner feeling related to your and your opponent's self-confidence.Breh said:If you're experienced enough, you shouldn't care about a psychological advantage or disadvantage.
And if you think he's immune to the effects of psychological warfare, you should look back at 2013., this year's Algarve, PN.... Contador's not so good back runner. It means a lot to him to know at every moment he's better than his rivals.
Publicus said:LaFlorecita said:Of course he shouldn't just sit on Froome's wheel and let Porte take the overall. That's nonsense.
Not nonsense at all and I suspect your response has more to do with your hatred of all things Sky (or Sky-related).![]()
No need to go deep chasing down attacks from Porte, Poels, or whoever. It's a waste of "matches" IMO.
matusow_m said:Contador should be most worried about Quintana think he is the guy most likely to finally overtake Contador but if it will happen this year already im not sure but Quintana seems better this year atleast so I expect its gonne be a nice fight!
rhubroma said:matusow_m said:Contador should be most worried about Quintana think he is the guy most likely to finally overtake Contador but if it will happen this year already im not sure but Quintana seems better this year atleast so I expect its gonne be a nice fight!
This. Quintana is a beast.
You are a crazy. It's impossible attack sky so early in le tour. And the last mountain isn't hard so i expect nothing from the top dogsMiburo said:Which is why, if contador has the legs he has to try something asap in the tour. This seems ideal.
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Just let us hope. It would be so epic if something would already happen on this stage.portugal11 said:You are a crazy. It's impossible attack sky so early in le tour. And the last mountain isn't hard so i expect nothing from the top dogsMiburo said:Which is why, if contador has the legs he has to try something asap in the tour. This seems ideal.
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Miburo said:When Contador is good, he doesn't wait. Seems like you don't know the man.
Contador will ride defensively until aspin and in this stage he will decide attack or sitting in froome's wheel, this will depend on froome's shape and i think froome will be very strong so contador won't attack, just will try not loosing ground for froome. He will be cautious, you'll seeMiburo said:When Contador is good, he doesn't wait. Seems like you don't know the man.
But doing an attack on the Peyrol or the Perthus just would be stupid. Imagine the Sky train catches him at the bottom of the last climb, he would already lose a lot of time only because he attacked early when he didnt even need to.Miburo said:When Contador is good, he doesn't wait. Seems like you don't know the man.
portugal11 said:You are a crazy. It's impossible attack sky so early in le tour. And the last mountain isn't hard so i expect nothing from the top dogsMiburo said:Which is why, if contador has the legs he has to try something asap in the tour. This seems ideal.
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Gigs_98 said:Just let us hope. It would be so epic if something would already happen on this stage.portugal11 said:You are a crazy. It's impossible attack sky so early in le tour. And the last mountain isn't hard so i expect nothing from the top dogsMiburo said:Which is why, if contador has the legs he has to try something asap in the tour. This seems ideal.
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In 2015, the different build-up probably played a big role.rhubroma said:What I don't get is why is Contador so good now, as in 2014, but bad in 2013 and 2015?
And I mean this in pure preparation terms. Whereas Froome has been good since 2012...
Poor Contador, he can win the Giro d'Italia and still be called "bad". Also, if you call Contador's 2015-season bad, then certainly Froome's 2014-season was bad too.rhubroma said:What I don't get is why is Contador so good now, as in 2014, but bad in 2013 and 2015?
And I mean this in pure preparation terms. Whereas Froome has been good since 2012...
rm7 said:Contador says that he didn't feel good today, but he thought he would beat Froome today, but didn't expect to win the stage.
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