Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[sacrifice&hardwork]

I'm a little late to the party but...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALBERTO!!!


LaFlorecita - you know it

 

[The Hitch]

very soon

Life savings on rujano to win the tour?

 

[jens_attacks]

best years for alberto are now coming! happy birthday grande!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Life savings on rujano to win the tour?

no, I already made a ton with quintana winning dauphinee stage

 

[ILovecycling]

no, I already made a ton with quintana winning dauphinee stage

How high were the betting odds on him?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Oleg Tinkov ‏@olegtinkov
Michael Rogers leaves Sky for Saxo-Tinkoff http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/michael-rogers-leaves-sky-for-saxo-tinkoff … via @cyclingnewsfeed, I am glad he did not choose Agros-Shimano

he won't stop

 

[del1962]

Oleg Tinkov ‏@olegtinkov
Michael Rogers leaves Sky for Saxo-Tinkoff http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/michael-rogers-leaves-sky-for-saxo-tinkoff … via @cyclingnewsfeed, I am glad he did not choose Agros-Shimano

he won't stop

Tinkov has only just found out who he is

 

[Netserk]

Oleg Tinkov ‏@olegtinkov
Michael Rogers leaves Sky for Saxo-Tinkoff http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/michael-rogers-leaves-sky-for-saxo-tinkoff … via @cyclingnewsfeed, I am glad he did not choose Agros-Shimano

he won't stop

and Argos is misspelled (on purpose ofc)

 

[The Hitch]

Tinkov has only just found out who he is

lol

Oleg: Ok Bjarne, tell me who i just bought

Bjarne: err Hes a 3 time world time trial champion and an olympic silver medalists.

Oleg ; Awesome.

 

[Netserk]

lol

Oleg: Ok Bjarne, tell me who i just bought

Bjarne: err Hes a 3 time world time trial champion and an olympic silver medalists.

Oleg ; Awesome.

22. July:

http://www.sporten.dk/cykling/riis-sponsor-bjarne-er-som-min-kone

- Jeg ville gerne have Michael Rogers. I mine øjne er han en ekstremt talentfuld rytter og har været det siden juniorårene. Han vandt enkeltstarten ved OL i Athen i 2004 og har været verdensmester i enkeltstart også. Jeg har sagt til Michael, at han skulle se at få sig en snak med Bjarne og komme over til holdet, for Bjarne er meget dygtig til at arbejde med enkeltstartsspecialister som Michael, og jeg mener, at han er et meget stort talent, der desværre blev lidt lost i nogle år.

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- I would like to have Michael Rogers. In my eyes, he is an extremely talented rider and has been since junior year. He won the time trial at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and has been world champion in the time trial too. I told Michael that he should get a chat with Bjarne and come over to the team of Bjarne is very good to work with time trial specialists like Michael, and I think he is a very big talent, unfortunately was a little lost for a few years.

 

[calinmarian]

22. July:

http://www.sporten.dk/cykling/riis-sponsor-bjarne-er-som-min-kone



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And with the signing of Michael Rogers,the Saxo-Tinkoff roster for 2013 season is complete?

 

[sacrifice&hardwork]

And with the signing of Michael Rogers,the Saxo-Tinkoff roster for 2013 season is complete?

With the signing of Rogers that brings up the number to 29 riders

I think I can name all Saxoboys

28 (29) riders here we go

Manuele Boaro
Mads Christensen
Anders Lund
Chris Anker Sorensen
Nicki Sorensen
Michael Morkov
Chris Juul Jensen
Jonas Aaen Jorgensen
Rafal Majka
Jesus
Alberto
Benja
Sergio Paulinho
Bruno Pires
Matteo Tosatto
Jonathan Cantwell
Takashi Miyazawa
Karsten Kroon
Rory Sutherland
Timothy Duggan
Evgeni Petrov
Roman Kreuziger
Nico Roche
Jay McCarthy
Marko Kump
Daniele Bennati
Matti Breschel
Oliver Zaugg
(Mick Rogers)

The above list was made before Rogers signing was official so now 29 in total

 

[The Hitch]

22. July:

http://www.sporten.dk/cykling/riis-sponsor-bjarne-er-som-min-kone



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Lol. Well tbf it wasnt my joke byt del1962

 

[calinmarian]

With the signing of Rogers that brings up the number to 29 riders



The above list was made before Rogers signing was official so now 29 in total

Thanks a lot,it looks that Bjarne Riis constructed a superteam in stage races and GTs.Looking forward to next season.

 

[sacrifice&hardwork]

Thanks a lot,it looks that Bjarne Riis constructed a superteam in stage races and GTs.Looking forward to next season.

No problem but it was mostly thanks to LaFlorecita who had already listed the riders on the team And I agree, the team is looking very strong for next season and I'm definitely looking forward to it - hopefully they get many wins

 

[the asian]

Roger's signing for Saxo was totally unexpected.

Bertie just needs to turn up in July and avoid a crash, to win.

 

[calinmarian]

No problem but it was mostly thanks to LaFlorecita who had already listed the riders on the team And I agree, the team is looking very strong for next season and I'm definitely looking forward to it - hopefully they get many wins

Firstly,the UCI needs to confirm the WT license of Saxo-Tinkoff,then they need to win a lot of races and to accumulate points.Do you know Contador points are still discounted because of that UCI ruling which says that after a doping suspension,the points of that rider are discounted from the team total.So Kreuziger or Nick Roche need points in 2013 to maintain the team in WT(assuming that this team gets the license and not the two sprinters team).

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Firstly,the UCI needs to confirm the WT license of Saxo-Tinkoff,then they need to win a lot of races and to accumulate points.Do you know Contador points are still discounted because of that UCI ruling which says that after a doping suspension,the points of that rider are discounted from the team total.So Kreuziger or Nick Roche need points in 2013 to maintain the team in WT(assuming that this team gets the license and not the two sprinters team).

kreuziger will be able to do it very well in the ardennes, PN or TA etc. And Roche can perhaps loo for a top 10 in the Vuelta (?). Majka will probably go for an top 10 in the giro and Bennati can get a couple of points here and there. Does not loo that bad for the team really

 

[sacrifice&hardwork]

Do you know Contador points are still discounted because of that UCI ruling which says that after a doping suspension,the points of that rider are discounted from the team total.So Kreuziger or Nick Roche need points in 2013 to maintain the team in WT(assuming that this team gets the license and not the two sprinters team).

Yes I'm aware of the Contador points situation thank you very much but I don't necessarily think that should stop the team - not just Alberto - from winning regarless if their WT or not imo and the post bellow addresses my point...

kreuziger will be able to do it very well in the ardennes, PN or TA etc. And Roche can perhaps loo for a top 10 in the Vuelta (?). Majka will probably go for an top 10 in the giro and Bennati can get a couple of points here and there. Does not loo that bad for the team really

Cheers Vino attacks everyone

 

[Cimber]

Firstly,the UCI needs to confirm the WT license of Saxo-Tinkoff,then they need to win a lot of races and to accumulate points.Do you know Contador points are still discounted because of that UCI ruling which says that after a doping suspension,the points of that rider are discounted from the team total.So Kreuziger or Nick Roche need points in 2013 to maintain the team in WT(assuming that this team gets the license and not the two sprinters team).

Also Breschel should score points on the cobbles, and Rogers will score a decent amount of points too. Their main problem will be that contador usually goes for the win in the races he starts in - they might wanna reverse that for some races.

Even if they dont get WT license this year (and I actually think its likely that they wont) they will be back in the WT next year, cos they will get a lot of invites to WT races this season.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Also Breschel should score points on the cobbles, and Rogers will score a decent amount of points too. Their main problem will be that contador usually goes for the win in the races he starts in - they might wanna reverse that for some races.

Even if they dont get WT license this year (and I actually think its likely that they wont) they will be back in the WT next year, cos they will get a lot of invites to WT races this season.

No way

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

No way

neh, tey can go into tour de Basque with Kreuziger and AC for example and let Kreuziger fight for his own chances while Ac attacks in the bottom of the last climb and wins with 10 minutes

 

[airstream]

Roger's signing for Saxo was totally unexpected.

Bertie just needs to turn up in July and avoid a crash, to win.

Rogers will drop other contenders with his pull or what?

 

[The Hitch]

neh, tey can go into tour de Basque with Kreuziger and AC for example and let Kreuziger fight for his own chances while Ac attacks in the bottom of the last climb and wins with 10 minutes

Watching teams try some tactical things like that in races like PV could be quite fun. Usually they are just leadershowdown fests on last climb and more often tt fests.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

How high were the betting odds on him?

30-40 odds before the race