Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[LaFlorecita]

I'm so pissed.. that's it for this season

 

[contador_attacks]

It's shocking...

 

[scurrrr]

Seems like contador crashes in every grand tour he enters

 

[buchanan]

His worst enemy is crashing. He just cannot stay on his bike these days.

 

[Gigs_98]

F*****************CK
Please no injuries.

 

[Miburo]

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Seems like contador crashes in every grand tour he enters

Very true I think it's mentally even worse than bike handling.

He used to be a great bikehandler

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

His worst enemy is crashing. He just cannot stay on his bike these days.

I'd like to see you stay on your bike if you get a shove while going through a corner.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Retirement incoming

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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His worst enemy is crashing. He just cannot stay on his bike these days.

Just goes to show that skimping on upper-body muscle is a Faustian bargain. You might save a few pounds in weight, but at the cost of falling hard at the drop of a hat.

 

[LaFlorecita]

F*****************CK
Please no injuries.

It literally doesn't matter. He'll be sore and stiff for the next few stages and he'll lose heaps of time. We can forget about this race.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

Re: Re:

His worst enemy is crashing. He just cannot stay on his bike these days.

I'd like to see you stay on your bike if you get a shove while going through a corner.

Buchanan was merely making a statement of fact, no need to make it personal.

 

[Gigs_98]

I know Contador was taken down by another rider, but why didn't he just sit on Benatti's wheel. He was in 3rd position and then thinks his day is over and slows down so his is slower than the rest of the bunch and another rider rides into his back wheel (I think it was his back wheel, I only saw one replay). In the moment I saw Contador loosing his position I already thought "this might become dangerous" and ofc it did.

 

[Miburo]

Saw the pics of him after the crash, i've never seen the man that mad.

Well actually once, on verbier. Next year, i expect him to go nuclear.

It's not so bad, i mean it's not even close as bad as the tour 2014 crash when he was in topshape. It's easy to get over this knowing that.

 

[portugal11]

This interview said everything. He is out

 

[Gigs_98]

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This interview said everything. He is out

What did he say?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

In the euosport interview he essentially said his left side was ***, including his leg...

 

[Pantani Attacks]

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This interview said everything. He is out

What did he say?

 

[portugal11]

I think it was valverde that hit lotto guy

 

[Jelantik]

Ow well, after back to back loosing time, now he can't even stay upright on his bike. I'm beginning to think that he should have retired. He crashed on every GT he enters, what's up with that? Bad luck or bad bike handling? Looks like Froome and Quintana will be cruising and win Vuelta. I'm just waiting for announcement that Contador pulling out.

 

[buchanan]

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His worst enemy is crashing. He just cannot stay on his bike these days.

I'd like to see you stay on your bike if you get a shove while going through a corner.

Buchanan was merely making a statement of fact, no need to make it personal.

Exactly - thanks.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

Ow well, after back to back loosing time, now he can't even stay upright on his bike. I'm beginning to think that he should have retired. He crashed on every GT he enters, what's up with that? Bad luck or bad bike handling? Looks like Froome and Quintana will be cruising and win Vuelta. I'm just waiting for announcement that Contador pulling out.

There's a big elephant in the room and everyone refuses to acknowledge it because it negates the low-weight cult.

 

[portugal11]

He has bruises in all his left side and his left leg is hurting him a lot.

 

[DFA123]

When did he turn into such a defeatist quitter? Don't moan and complain about injuries immediately after a stage; play them down and see how you feel in the morning. No good can come from saying he is hurting now, except to satisfy his ego if he fails.

 

[burning]

Ow well, after back to back loosing time, now he can't even stay upright on his bike. I'm beginning to think that he should have retired. He crashed on every GT he enters, what's up with that? Bad luck or bad bike handling? Looks like Froome and Quintana will be cruising and win Vuelta. I'm just waiting for announcement that Contador pulling out.

There's a big elephant in the room and everyone refuses to acknowledge it because it negates the low-weight cult.

Froome is low-weight af and he's just crusing through this race or he never touched the tarmac in entire 2013 but he could not get out of the tarmac in 2014. You tend to crash more when you are weak and that's the main variable, not forearm or backarm or whatever arm bs that you have been sh*tting past few months.

 

[arvc40]

He was well positioned by his team mates, he *** up dropping back before bend. Idiot, it's his own fault. Very disappointed. I could see it was a mistake dropping back. Just terrible move.