Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

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Jelantik

Jelantik

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LaFlorecita said:
https://twitter.com/albertocontador/status/815339143014322176
Haha :D look at the Giro trophy, will he go for the Giro after all? :eek:
Happy New Year to all of Alberto's fans and admirers on the forum, ok and to all other forum members as well :)
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Finally he got ride off the stinkin' fluo yellow tinkoff... aaand back to yellow trek... :D
 
Miburo

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You don't know anything of cycling if you think 2 years can't be an eternity.

Evans won the tour in 2011, was fodder in 2013 (i'm waiting for someone to bring up that fake ass giro podium).

Purito tour podium in 2013, complete utter dogshit in 2016. That vuelta podium in 2015 saved him I guess but already then he wasn't the same man.

Nibali won the tour in 2014. Not the same man anymore.

There are billions examples of this. I was thinking btw of leaving this forum cause of the biased mods but i'll stay because someone reasonable gotta be in here in the contador thread to make it ok for the normal contador fans to visit this thread.

You can also bring up Gilbert as an example but that's prob clinic related. It can happen at 28,30,32,34.

Who knows, but 2 years is an eternity in cycling (especially cause of the clinic reasons). That's a fact.
 
Gigs_98

Gigs_98

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Miburo said:
You don't know anything of cycling if you think 2 years can't be an eternity.

Evans won the tour in 2011, was fodder in 2013 (i'm waiting for someone to bring up that fake *** giro podium).

Purito tour podium in 2013, complete utter dogshit in 2016. That vuelta podium in 2015 saved him I guess but already then he wasn't the same man.

Nibali won the tour in 2014. Not the same man anymore.

There are billions examples of this. I was thinking btw of leaving this forum cause of the biased mods but i'll stay because someone reasonable gotta be in here in the contador thread to make it ok for the normal contador fans to visit this thread.

You can also bring up Gilbert as an example but that's prob clinic related. It can happen at 28,30,32,34.

Who knows, but 2 years is an eternity in cycling (especially cause of the clinic reasons). That's a fact.
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Oh c'mon, we want overly optimistic Miburo back :(
 
Valv.Piti

Valv.Piti

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He is right tho, when it comes to sport, 2 years can definitely be an eternity. I don't necessarily think it is in Contador's instance and I really want to give him one more chance after the shaky Vuelta. He looked very sharp in 2016 on some occasions.
 
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portugal11

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I really would love to know what contador did after his ban... he lost that spark and he was much better than after his ban. But even this contador, is better than anyone bar froome. How I miss the old contador... he was the best gc man, and the best climber i ever see in my entire life (better than pantani btw)
 
Gigs_98

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portugal11 said:
I really would love to know what contador did after his ban... he lost that spark and he was much better than after his ban. But even this contador, is better than anyone bar froome. How I miss the old contador... he was the best gc man, and the best climber i ever see in my entire life (better than pantani btw)
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I think it's rather about what he didn't do ;) :lol:
Joking aside, he was great in 2014, probably as good as before his ban, so I don't think the situation is that simple. But now I guess it's just his age and stronger rivals than pre ban which makes is hard for him.
 
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portugal11

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Gigs_98 said:
portugal11 said:
I really would love to know what contador did after his ban... he lost that spark and he was much better than after his ban. But even this contador, is better than anyone bar froome. How I miss the old contador... he was the best gc man, and the best climber i ever see in my entire life (better than pantani btw)
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I think it's rather about what he didn't do ;) :lol:
Joking aside, he was great in 2014, probably as good as before his ban, so I don't think the situation is that simple. But now I guess it's just his age and stronger rivals than pre ban which makes is hard for him.
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Andy schleck was a great climber, and a better gc man than quintana because andy was more explosive, he didn't suffer too much in windy stages and his downhill skills were pretty good (but he was a bad time trialist). For me the biggest opponent is sky and not froome, of course a pre ban contador would easily destroy froome/sky but now is almost impossible
 
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portugal11

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This is killing me, miburo is right, two years is too long, imagine what six years (almost seven) is...
In 2014 he was very strong, i think he would have beaten froome in le tour (sky wasn't great, tinkoff was good), but still he wasn't as strong as giro 2011, tour 2009 or even tour 2007
 
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sky and froome are simply stronger and way more agressive than shleck, evans or italians from the 2011 giro. The vintage 2009 Bertie may have beaten froome, but 'destroying easily' sounds a bit fanboyish. the whole thing is a pure speculation though
 
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portugal11

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dacooley said:
sky and froome are simply stronger and way more agressive than shleck, evans or italians from the 2011 giro. The vintage 2009 Bertie may have beaten froome, but 'destroying easily' sounds a bit fanboyish. the whole thing is a pure speculation though
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Sky is agressive :confused: :confused: :confused:
 
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Breh

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dacooley said:
sky and froome are simply stronger and way more agressive than shleck, evans or italians from the 2011 giro. The vintage 2009 Bertie may have beaten froome, but 'destroying easily' sounds a bit fanboyish. the whole thing is a pure speculation though
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Thanks for pointing that out.
 
King Boonen

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LaFlorecita said:
https://twitter.com/albertocontador/status/815339143014322176
Haha :D look at the Giro trophy, will he go for the Giro after all? :eek:
Happy New Year to all of Alberto's fans and admirers on the forum, ok and to all other forum members as well :)
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Contador riding the Giro would be awesome. Not because I particularly want him to win, but it would be brilliant for basically all the main GT contenders to shun the TdF for once. Not going to happen though I think
 
LaFlorecita

LaFlorecita

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King Boonen said:
LaFlorecita said:
https://twitter.com/albertocontador/status/815339143014322176
Haha :D look at the Giro trophy, will he go for the Giro after all? :eek:
Happy New Year to all of Alberto's fans and admirers on the forum, ok and to all other forum members as well :)
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Contador riding the Giro would be awesome. Not because I particularly want him to win, but it would be brilliant for basically all the main GT contenders to shun the TdF for once. Not going to happen though I think
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He discarded the Giro as an option in the interview I just posted. After all the hints he's been tossing around (changed his profile picture to an image of him in pink ; https://twitter.com/albertocontador/status/784630903339356161 ; https://www.instagram.com/p/BMBIuXYjOoQ/?taken-by=acontadoroficial ; that new year video) I am convinced he just likes to mess with our minds :lol:
 
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