this slight reconnaissance makes sense when a rider feels the strongest which is pretty far from being the case so far. I'm sure bertie's tactics will be quite conservative. but if the things go well, he'll give a big attack from 4-5 kms far out.thehook said:
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dacooley said:
I'm not convinced yet with Contador's fitness even without his injury. I have a feeling his fitness is just enough but not good enough to start chipping his deficit. Today, I hope he proofs me wrong.
Today the primary goal is limit losses. Then if there's a opportunity to gain some seconds it will be good
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Exactly my words. He just needs to hold wheels for now. He can make minutes on Quintana in the 3rd week because of his fatigue.Miburo said:
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No 10th GT...
Well, he did crash... we don't know how much that affected him.lenric said:
No 10th GT...
I really don't blame this on the crash, he is just not in the climbing class as Quintana and Froome. Not really age because its not as if Froome is 5 years younger. But Contador has been doing this for a long time, at top level. Retire. Will be interesting if the Trek deal is a done deal, Trek may be having a rethink. And they should, spend millions?
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According to some here, the crash had not affected him.
And 2 days ago it didn't seem to have to.
One way or another, he's almost 3 minutes down on GC and though there is a slight chance of him recovering some time, winning seems to be an almost impossible task and Contador isn't anymore the rider who can do the impossible.
I believe this is also why no contract has been announced yet. Some how, it is dependent on his performance in this GT.
LaFlorecita said:Well, he did crash... we don't know how much that affected him.lenric said:
No 10th GT...
According to some here, the crash had not affected him.
And 2 days ago it didn't seem to have to.
One way or another, he's almost 3 minutes down on GC and though there is a slight chance of him recovering some time, winning seems to be an almost impossible task and Contador isn't anymore the rider who can do the impossible.
I believe this is also why no contract has been announced yet. Some how, it is dependent on his performance in this GT.
I saw again the same rider done that i saw on Ezero. I think he would analyze the withdrawal at the end of season
Contador still has a lot to offer. This Vuelta is slowly but surely slipping away of him, but he still has the will and power.
Fresh and recovered Contador with more dedicated management can achieve another GT victory.
Fresh and recovered Contador with more dedicated management can achieve another GT victory.
Ah man! For a little bit I thought he might make it with Quintana even though he was grimacing. As soon as Froome caught Valverde I knew Quintana was going to attack again. Once AC sat down during that attack I knew he was done. Bummer!
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