Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[LaFlorecita]

Mega impressed by Berto's 2nd split time and the final result isn't too shabby, 6th mainly among specialists

 

[benzwire]

Very solid ride for Alberto! All time lost on the downhill? Very happy for him. Maybe peaking in time for the Vuelta?! One can hope...

 

[arvc40]

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Mega impressed by Berto's 2nd split time and the final result isn't too shabby, 6th mainly among specialists

He did a very good ride today !. Hope he comes back to Tour next year.

 

[Carols]

Great ride, he keeps giving us glimpses of what once was. He still has plenty of class but old man time takes it's toll.....

 

[Matteo.]

Short ITT with a tough climb in the middle. This is his bread. Nothing miracolous

 

[arvc40]

Must go to Spain now !

 

[arvc40]

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Short ITT with a tough climb in the middle. This is his bread. Nothing miracolous

Superb Athletic performance, not to be underrated.

 

[bajbar]

If only the Tour had 21 mountain TTs... He would win by ten minutes... He was so much faster (again) than anyone on the climb today... No wonder he is so optimistic before any race. This is how he does his mountain tests. And I bet the times are fantastic. But the endurance is there no longer... I cannot find any other explanation. He was 12 or 13 seconds faster than Froome in the second sector (with the climb). That is massive...

https://twitter.com/velofacts/status/888783102604185600

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Today reminded me a bit of his time trial in the Tour 2011. Great single performance after an otherwise underwhelming race.

I hope he decides to rest and then start building for the Giro next year

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Very solid ride for Alberto! All time lost on the downhill? Very happy for him. Maybe peaking in time for the Vuelta?! One can hope...

Yeah I think of those 21s he lost quite a few in the downhill... he's been descending like a grandma lately

 

[LaFlorecita]

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If only the Tour had 21 mountain TTs... He would win by ten minutes... He was so much faster (again) than anyone on the climb today... No wonder he is so optimistic before any race. This is how he does his mountain tests. And I bet the times are fantastic. But the endurance is there no longer... I cannot find any other explanation. He was 12 or 13 seconds faster than Froome in the second sector (with the climb). That is massive...

https://twitter.com/velofacts/status/888783102604185600

And don't forget the 2nd part also had 4 flat k's... where he probably lost time to most near the top of that list

 

[Matteo.]

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Short ITT with a tough climb in the middle. This is his bread. Nothing miracolous

Superb Athletic performance, not to be underrated.

But not even overstating. He has always been good in these contexts. Now it is time to rest and then prepare giro-vuelta.

 

[LaFlorecita]

And oh man, poetry in motion on the climb, and he gave everything in those final meters. What a Champ

 

[Red Rick]

Today makes me wonder which methods Contador has for measuring his training records.

He beat everyone by 8s on the 2nd part of the TT. That's pretty huge.

 

[Climber123]

Would a 2014 version have done better than this? I doubt it

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Very good performance today! And he has even been pretty good the last week. Perhaps there is a Giro or Vuelta win left in him after all?

 

[arvc40]

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Today makes me wonder which methods Contador has for measuring his training records.

He beat everyone by 8s on the 2nd part of the TT. That's pretty huge.

He uses an Abacus !

 

[arvc40]

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Very good performance today! And he has even been pretty good the last week. Perhaps there is a Giro or Vuelta win left in him after all?

Still capable of more than Uran in my opinion !

 

[arvc40]

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Very good performance today! And he has even been pretty good the last week. Perhaps there is a Giro or Vuelta win left in him after all?

Still capable of more than Uran in my opinion !

 

[Carols]

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If only the Tour had 21 mountain TTs... He would win by ten minutes... He was so much faster (again) than anyone on the climb today... No wonder he is so optimistic before any race. This is how he does his mountain tests. And I bet the times are fantastic. But the endurance is there no longer... I cannot find any other explanation. He was 12 or 13 seconds faster than Froome in the second sector (with the climb). That is massive...

https://twitter.com/velofacts/status/888783102604185600

I totally agree. He goes out and does testing and it's Wow I can beat them all. But he tires late as we've seen multiple times this tour.

I'd like to see him go rest and build for a Giro/Vuelta next year. If he wins the Giro; Retire!!!

 

[Red Rick]

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Very good performance today! And he has even been pretty good the last week. Perhaps there is a Giro or Vuelta win left in him after all?

Still capable of more than Uran in my opinion !

It's really, really hard to judge. The Alps Pyrenees and Chambery were affected by crashes, and the Alps were affected by going mad on the CdF. And this TT just suits him pretty well, apart from being a little too flat outside that climb.

A lot depends on opposition and route. I think he would've been up there without the crashes this year, but I have a hard time seeing where he puts the necessary time into Froome, unless he buries the latter early on the Peyresourde.

Flat TTs are not great, massive mountains stages aren't great. Think Landa and Quintana on peak are better climbers.

It's gonna be hard. But he'll put up a fight next year too hopefully.

 

[arvc40]

I want to see him in Spain and then Tour next year. All the best riders should be at the Tour. Otherwise everyone will be here next July saying if only Contador was here. I agree go Giro but only if Froome does.

 

[Climber123]

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If only the Tour had 21 mountain TTs... He would win by ten minutes... He was so much faster (again) than anyone on the climb today... No wonder he is so optimistic before any race. This is how he does his mountain tests. And I bet the times are fantastic. But the endurance is there no longer... I cannot find any other explanation. He was 12 or 13 seconds faster than Froome in the second sector (with the climb). That is massive...

https://twitter.com/velofacts/status/888783102604185600

I totally agree. He goes out and does testing and it's Wow I can beat them all. But he tires late as we've seen multiple times this tour.

I'd like to see him go rest and build for a Giro/Vuelta next year. If he wins the Giro; Retire!!!

He has form now, go do the Vuelta! The route suits him perfectly.

 

[Pennino]

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If only the Tour had 21 mountain TTs... He would win by ten minutes... He was so much faster (again) than anyone on the climb today... No wonder he is so optimistic before any race. This is how he does his mountain tests. And I bet the times are fantastic. But the endurance is there no longer... I cannot find any other explanation. He was 12 or 13 seconds faster than Froome in the second sector (with the climb). That is massive...

https://twitter.com/velofacts/status/888783102604185600

If only the Tour for once had 1 mountain TT. Yeah, last year... that Tour was taylor made for him. Such a freaking shame.

 

[arvc40]

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Very good performance today! And he has even been pretty good the last week. Perhaps there is a Giro or Vuelta win left in him after all?

Still capable of more than Uran in my opinion !

It's really, really hard to judge. The Alps Pyrenees and Chambery were affected by crashes, and the Alps were affected by going mad on the CdF. And this TT just suits him pretty well, apart from being a little too flat outside that climb.

A lot depends on opposition and route. I think he would've been up there without the crashes this year, but I have a hard time seeing where he puts the necessary time into Froome, unless he buries the latter early on the Peyresourde.

Flat TTs are not great, massive mountains stages aren't great. Think Landa and Quintana on peak are better climbers.

It's gonna be hard. But he'll put up a fight next year too hopefully.

It's F1 cycling now, any problem is going to Knock you back. He should try again !.