Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Red Rick]

The hype is pretty mellow to the hype inferior athletes get in other places. Its all in good fun. You're not stopping this hype train, so you're better off starting your own

 

[ad9898]

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Contador's arms:
http://www.steephill.tv/2016/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/photos/stage-03/121139_595952254.jpg

Image too big to post, and you'll want to see it full-size anyway.

He is not following the Betancur patented training and racing program.

As a photographer this pic is quite normal, it's been taken very close up with a ultra wide angle lens, this as the effect of enlarging what's closest and pushing away what's further away giving the impression of much larger arms than would be the case

 

[Beech Mtn]

Re: Re:

Contador's arms:
http://www.steephill.tv/2016/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/photos/stage-03/121139_595952254.jpg

Image too big to post, and you'll want to see it full-size anyway.

He is not following the Betancur patented training and racing program.

As a photographer this pic is quite normal, it's been taken very close up with a ultra wide angle lens, this as the effect of enlarging what's closest and pushing away what's further away giving the impression of much larger arms than would be the case

I did not say his arms are big.

 

[Miburo]

Visit NBA threads. People think Curry is better than Jordan LMAO

Well that's not hype, just *** 10 years old kids

 

[Red Rick]

Completely isolated today, was struggling for position all by himself in those last km's

 

[LaFlorecita]

Really, something has to be done about this, on every flat and semi-flat finish he loses lots of positions and (almost) loses time

 

[buchanan]

Looks like he lost 9 seconds to Froome at the finish! Froome now in 2nd place, only 4 seconds behind Contador.

 

[Miburo]

Eh he's always been like that, not gonna change it at this point.

Froome still needs to drop him to win the dauphine. Tomorrow, it'll finally begin.

 

[Red Rick]

This was a dumb finish anyway, because it was very technical, and because of the uphill, every sprinter and puncher wants to sprint, and all the GC guys want to not lose time, so the fight for positions is even more crash prone than usual. Then he lost a bunch of positions because of that crash. Just checked the first week of the Tour, and actually only 2 of the first 7 finishes are flat, all other last k's are uphill. Asopublic style

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Eh he's always been like that, not gonna change it at this point.

Froome still needs to drop him to win the dauphine. Tomorrow, it'll finally begin.

He needs a teammate with him. Froome had Rowe with him until the finish. Where were Berto's teammates?

It will be hard for Alberto to keep the lead tomorrow, with Froome, Alaphilippe and Martin all really close, but we'll see.

 

[buchanan]

Froome is ALWAYS better positioned at the run in. He seems to really concentrate on not missing any possible splits.

 

[BlurryVII]

GC says Froome gained 9 secs... how to get robbed. They should've neutralized gaps because of the crash inside the 3 k;

This kind of poor decision will push Contador and other GC teams to start fighting for positions in the sprints at the Tour, which will increase the chance of crashes.

 

[Matteo.]

In truth , I do not care these 9s .

Sunday we will see if it will be decisive because first there are 3 hard stages which make the difference . Tomorrow and on Meribel none can hide so we'll see if he's the strongest

 

[Miburo]

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Eh he's always been like that, not gonna change it at this point.

Froome still needs to drop him to win the dauphine. Tomorrow, it'll finally begin.

He needs a teammate with him. Froome had Rowe with him until the finish. Where were Berto's teammates?

It will be hard for Alberto to keep the lead tomorrow, with Froome, Alaphilippe and Martin all really close, but we'll see.

Froome ain't quintana though, he'll take initiative.

 

[LaFlorecita]

In a one-week race, 9s can definitely be decisive! Whatever happens, I hope he doesn't finish within 9s of the winner.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Froome ain't quintana though, he'll take initiative.

Yes, and as a result he will probably take time. He's clearly more explosive in a sprint. Even bonus seconds would be enough for him. Looks hard for Alberto to win now, unless he is super mega strong.

 

[Miburo]

Tomorrow is steep and hard enough. It's 4 km at an average of 9%. Nothing to do with an explosive sprint

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Climbing wins GCs, not sprinting. Relax, today is irrelevant.

 

[Isaak-Gabriel]

Re: Re:

Eh he's always been like that, not gonna change it at this point.

Froome still needs to drop him to win the dauphine. Tomorrow, it'll finally begin.

He needs a teammate with him. Froome had Rowe with him until the finish. Where were Berto's teammates?

It will be hard for Alberto to keep the lead tomorrow, with Froome, Alaphilippe and Martin all really close, but we'll see.

Froome ain't quintana though, he'll take initiative.

Quintana's haters becoming to be a bit boring... just an opinion.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Tomorrow is steep and hard enough. It's 4 km at an average of 9%. Nothing to do with an explosive sprint

Uhm, have you seen the last KM?

Climbing wins GCs, not sprinting. Relax, today is irrelevant.

Of course, but it may cost him the overall victory here, plus at the Tour, if he loses 6-7 seconds 3 or 4 times, that really complicates things. It could be the difference between defending 10-15s and trying to make up 10-15s.

 

[Miburo]

After such a hard hill, the best rider pretty much wins anyways.

Have faith in contador, he's in great form.

 

[BlurryVII]

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Climbing wins GCs, not sprinting. Relax, today is irrelevant.

Not if he finishes the Dauphiné within 9s of Froome.

Which is unlikely cause I'm pretty sure one of the 2 will drop the other quite badly at some point, but still. 9s is too much on this kind of stage, what the hell.

 

[Matteo.]

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In a one-week race, 9s can definitely be decisive! Whatever happens, I hope he doesn't finish within 9s of the winner.

Ahead there are 3 MTF , 3 !!!
I have serious doubts among the first classified and Alberto will be 9s at the end with those kind of stages. Sure it was better not to lose so badly

 

[sir fly]

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Tomorrow is steep and hard enough. It's 4 km at an average of 9%. Nothing to do with an explosive sprint

Petit La Planche des Belles Filles?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Climbing wins GCs, not sprinting. Relax, today is irrelevant.

Not if he finishes the Dauphiné within 9s of Froome.

Which is unlikely cause I'm pretty sure one of the 2 will drop the other quite badly at some point, but still. 9s is too much on this kind of stage, what the hell.

Yeah, completely agree, I also think one of them will completely crush the other at some point. Or perhaps it'll be Porte
Anyway, Alberto looks happy and relaxed, so he's either very confident or he just doesn't care about the overall victory