Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[portugal11]

Terrible performance. He won't win le tour at all

 

[Scarponi]

Never looked comfortable even during the cat 1. Most likely saving himself for tomorrow? Or being sick having an affect?

 

[Netserk]

Maybe just bad.

 

[Irondan]

Re:

Terrible performance. He won't win le tour at all

The Tour is still a long way out, he has time.

 

[indianfanboy]

He looked terrible today, if had the form he had here a year ago he would have followed Henao or Porte at the least

 

[Scarponi]

Sagan , Contador and TVG all got sick from Abu Dahbi

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Relax...that type of climb is not Alberto's specialty. I honestly wouldn't have been surprised if he'd lost more than that.

 

[Forever The Best]

Today was his Fayence, tomorrow will be his Montagne de Lure
Now be real, just another year of disappointments and a sad goodbye...

 

[LaFlorecita]

Jesus christ this thread is depressing
Chill, this finish didn't suit him as well as it suited the other favorites. Stop panicking

 

[Forever The Best]

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Jesus christ this thread is depressing
Chill, this finish didn't suit him as well as it suited the other favorites. Stop panicking

Um, the old Contador would have either followed Henao all the way or would have finished very close. This was a terrible performance.

 

[Scarponi]

Every other rider on the planet including froome , Arnstrong , Quintana , Evans , Shleck basically every one he has ridden against had bad days on the bike or just Normal days like this. Contador is not allowed to come anywhere below 3rd

 

[Netserk]

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Jesus christ this thread is depressing
Chill, this finish didn't suit him as well as it suited the other favorites. Stop panicking

Compare it with stage 2 of Itzulia from last year. He is worse on Henao on such finishes, sure, but not this much.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I don't necessarily think it was a bad result, but he didn't look good at all on the first category. Its relatively easy to to judge Contador on his facial expression and how he sits on the bike and he looked on the limit on that first category.

 

[Carols]

Bleck...... I fear we will never see the Contador or old anymore, just the old Contador

 

[LaFlorecita]

So? Adjust your expectations. It's not that difficult.

 

[GraftPunk]

He seems to look ill, or just not where he wants to be form-wise. That little dig he took on the group is the sort of thing that feels somewhat last resort, though on the other hand I suppose it could have been a leg stretcher or educational dig to check out how others react. You never know with him.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Anyways, I've said from the start of the season that the marker always would be Couilloile and I still maintain that. Thats the big test, not a murito - it needs to be at least 2 km to get a real indication IMO, altho I agree it wasn't spectacular by no means today.

 

[Climber123]

Alberto and Zakarin was sandbagging. That little attack with 50k to go was a tester.

 

[dacooley]

of course. bertie's clearly tuned himself to Couilloile today. straight from the beginning of the final hill it was obvious he wasn't going to compete against henao or allaphilippe in short explosive effort. tomorrow will be a real test, today's stage was just a little prep.

 

[HelloDolly]

What a bunch of emotional drama queens on here

Tomorrow is Contador's stage ...lets see what he does there before writing him off

If he can win the stage tomorrow then he can take away some confidence from Paris Nice ...

 

[lenric]

"too steep for Contador"... unfortunately, he couldn't even follow Porte.
3 years ago he did this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9uZ_ieLbEE

Still in March and the excuses are already being produced.

 

[portugal11]

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"too steep for Contador"... unfortunately, he couldn't even follow Porte.
3 years ago he did this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9uZ_ieLbEE

Still in March and the excuses are already being produced.

This...

 

[Scarponi]

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"too steep for Contador"... unfortunately, he couldn't even follow Porte.
3 years ago he did this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9uZ_ieLbEE

Still in March and the excuses are already being produced.

Ben King is a huge scalp haha but nah we get the point he isn't as strong this Nice as those years in tirreno or Nice

 

[LaFlorecita]

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"too steep for Contador"... unfortunately, he couldn't even follow Porte.
3 years ago he did this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9uZ_ieLbEE

Still in March and the excuses are already being produced.

That was vs Geschke and King Jice Peraud was over half a minute faster on the Muro.

 

[Forever The Best]

What about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKYgllArzeA

The final climb that day: