Aubisque. The possible irony of getting your first win on french soil since your comeback in the Vuelta
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perico said:The moderator with the smack down :lol:peloton said:Fergoose said:He was still with the peloton when he started speaking to the team car and effortlessly moved back up the peloton. He could have easily paced himself to the end, respected the race and regrouped to find for stages or KotM and generally help his team. This was the weakest retirement I've seen since the days of Cipollini.
If his health was endangers by be prospect of making an effort then his team should be punished for letting him attack over 100km out.
I don't think I've read, in all my years on this forum, a post as silly as this.
Also expect Chaves to be up there. Kruijswijk, not so much on this route. Quintana and Froome are probably also racing and Vino wants to abuse Aru post Tour, Im sure. Lots of scenarios, this won't be a walkover by no means IMO, but if Bertie is at 100%, its hard seeing anyone winning considering the race going on in July.Pantani Attacks said:I'm really excited to see Contador and Angel Lopez duel it out at the Vuelta.
Valv.Piti said:Also expect Chaves to be up there. Kruijswijk, not so much on this route. Quintana and Froome are probably also racing and Vino wants to abuse Aru post Tour, Im sure. Lots of scenarios, this won't be a walkover by no means IMO, but if Bertie is at 100%, its hard seeing anyone winning considering the race going on in July.Pantani Attacks said:I'm really excited to see Contador and Angel Lopez duel it out at the Vuelta.
Pantani Attacks said:Valv.Piti said:Also expect Chaves to be up there. Kruijswijk, not so much on this route. Quintana and Froome are probably also racing and Vino wants to abuse Aru post Tour, Im sure. Lots of scenarios, this won't be a walkover by no means IMO, but if Bertie is at 100%, its hard seeing anyone winning considering the race going on in July.Pantani Attacks said:I'm really excited to see Contador and Angel Lopez duel it out at the Vuelta.
I really doubt Quintana will and Froome will only race if he doesn't win the Tour. But again I'm just speculating. I really have high hopes for MAL, he's probably my favourite cyclist right now.
The Tour de l'Ain would be good, not too much opposition, and the Colombier to test the form. Not too sure about the dates though. Just instinctive reaction. It would be great for the locals and the event, a marquis name, really cool.Sciocco said:If Contador doesn't ride/isn't selected for the Olympics, will he ride a prep race instead? I see Burgos, Td l'Ain, Arctic, or Czech. First week of Vuelta is: TTT, non-GC, murito, easy climb, non-GC, hilly but likely irrelevant, non-GC, cat 1 ___/, hilly with some gaps.
Guess he could ride CSS too.
ILovecycling said:Alberto probably not going for Olympics
So only Vuelta mehh..., I would be happy if he race Lombardia full gas
Red Rick said:Why should he help teammates by risking his own health. They all have free roles right now. Even in good health there's little he could do for Majka, nothing for Sagan and he maybe could drag Kreuziger to 2 places higher on GC. Its better for the team that he abandon's and gives the team a final hurrah at the Vuelta.
Then there's simple reasons why Contador doesn't have much of a history of helping teammates. He's basically always the team leader since he was 24, when he first won the Tour. Nibali otoh wasn't the top dog on his team until later in his career. Also, Contador has a higher base level, and is basically the best of his team in almost any race he rides. Add to that that he barely rides one day races, and you have a rider who almost never has to work for teammates, because he's always the team leader, and rightly so. The only example to the contrary is the 2013 Tour, but we don't know how much better Kreuziger was.
You can endlessly theorize about what happened yesterday, with the attack first, and the abandon later. Maybe he wanted to give it a last hurrah, maybe he wanted to test how he was. Maybe he could finish, but only just that.
And I think that by now we have a pretty good idea that the first crash was largely his own fault. Riders make mistakes, especially when they're nervous. But I've never seen that a rider gets so much criticism for one crash. Even Kruijswijk, who threw away a Giro victory that was almost certain. The 2nd crash, which was 100% not his fault, may have done even more damage, we'll likely never know. But that's a little inconvenient when you're just out to bash a rider.
Remember how fast can he heal even bone fracture? I have no worries.movingtarget said:Contador can reset for the Vuelta and should do well of course as his injuries should have healed and he misses the hardest half of the Tour. Fatigue should not be a factor for him.
movingtarget said:Contador can reset for the Vuelta and should do well of course as his injuries should have healed and he misses the hardest half of the Tour. Fatigue should not be a factor for him.
Miburo said:He's gonna crush the vuelta, it's not even gonna be close. All guys who have a chance are in the tour, not that it matter since Contador would crush them anyways
Btw Quintana won't do the vuelta, he'll **** his pants facing a enraged contador. He's gonna get bodied.
Froome might, he's a champion, he has balls to face contador despite doing the tour. He's gonna get crushed too though.
I hope he wins at least 5 stages, no gifts. Take everything with you then also win Lombardia.