Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

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Do you doubt some spanish channels comment diffrerently?
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Ive no idea what there commentary is like but i dare say its the same all over. I think its a shame that we cant have a neutral commentator that at least talks a little about a range of riders. I guess a part of it is Kirbys lack off knowledge.

Ive been watching this race for 28 years and there was a better spread when i was growing up and all we had was 30 min on Channel 4.

Come on Contador, whatever it takes !
 
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arvc40 said:
Ive no idea what there commentary is like but i dare say its the same all over. I think its a shame that we cant have a neutral commentator that at least talks a little about a range of riders. I guess a part of it is Kirbys lack off knowledge.

Ive been watching this race for 28 years and there was a better spread when i was growing up and all we had was 30 min on Channel 4.

Come on Contador, whatever it takes !
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Heh, probably it's not worth treating it so sensitively? :) Say for years I watch the Tour on Russian Eurosport , whose commentator is a devil-may-care Contador fan and likes to bash Schleck and Sky harshly and calls Tinkov everyday. However I hold on so far.:D
 
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Sure because Great Britain has only 1 big favorite. Sky is a team phenomenon of last years so they deserve numerous mentions.
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Id also like sky to talk a little more about the non uk riders on the team of which there is many !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. And just for the record, once you have lived here in the uk your whole life, gone to school here, raced here and watched all our **** tv progs, then you can call yourself a uk rider !. lol
 
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Heh, probably it's not worth treating it so sensitively? :) Say for years I watch the Tour on Russian Eurosport , whose commentator is a devil-may-care Contador fan and likes to bash Schleck and Sky harshly and calls Tinkov everyday. However I hold on so far.:D
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Your right x i know x
 
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Sure because Great Britain has only 1 big favorite. Sky is a team phenomenon of last years so they deserve numerous mentions.
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I like Froome, hes a great rider, but for me hes no more english than Contador. When bert attacks i get goosebumps so for this year im rooting for him. And the Goosebumps are a good indicator of class lol.
 
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Heh, probably it's not worth treating it so sensitively? :) Say for years I watch the Tour on Russian Eurosport , whose commentator is a devil-may-care Contador fan and likes to bash Schleck and Sky harshly and calls Tinkov everyday. However I hold on so far.:D
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wow,this explains a lot;)
arvc40 said:
I like Froome, hes a great rider, but for me hes no more english than Contador. When bert attacks i get goosebumps so for this year im rooting for him. And the Goosebumps are a good indicator of class lol.
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uhm,I like you:Dbritish who is fan of Berto - incredible
 
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arvc40 said:
Getting used to Kirbys drivel now. SKY SKY SKY SKY SKY. I hope Contador smashes them.
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airstream said:
Do you doubt some spanish channels comment diffrerently?
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true. true. Phill and Paul used to talk only about 'you know who'. my ears bleed to the nausea-um every time. Even when he wasn't at contention or not even in the race, they kept harping about him.
 
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wow,this explains a lot;)

uhm,I like you:Dbritish who is fan of Berto - incredible
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hey, ilovecycling, i love cycling too lol. Especially when i get those goosebumps :):
 
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Duh I said I mean in 09 Froome was not good so what is so bad about supporting him when he is good. Just like you support Alberto a GT winner not Alberto a water carrier. And what La Flo says is hilarious how can we look straight when were talking fanboys in this thread. According to some if I watch the TDF in 2012 I cant sign up and be a fan of Froome. Isit such a crime. And no we brits don't look at Evans and Alberto that way, why generalise when its from ESPN. And no Flo you would not be a fan of Alberto if he did not win GT's or attack. When did you get into Cycling if you got into it before me, does your opinion way more, no course not.:D
 
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Xrayvision I would still like an answer, where did you read the froome comments?
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Sorry Flo, been busy.

I tried to find the article but don´t remember where I read it, it was 2 different articles so the statements were not related.
First I read about froome´s only priority was to dominate Berto, but I didn´t take much notice of it be course to me it didn´t sound like Froomey at all, then I stumbled over the other statement about froomey saying they would blow Saxo to pieces in the mountains.

I searched my browsers history but sorry I can´t find the articles, but it looks like Mclovin also read it somewhere, try and ask him.

It´s not something I make up, I just doubt the source, pity I didn´t bookmark it, but I didn´t believe it at first so there was no reason.

But tomorrow will give us answers, and hopefully answers that Froomey can´t respond to ;)
 
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LaFlorecita said:
Even if Alberto were a gruppetto rider (which he isn't so why are we even discussing this) he would still be a bit of an attacking rider like forum favorite Amets Txurruka.

Hitch's point is that many brits started watching cycling in 2012 and heard about clean defending champion Evans, team sky the new clean cycling and Alberto Contador the spaniard serving a ban for doping. Hence most of these people haven't got a clue and think Alberto is evil and sky is god.
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The thing is people who started following earlier doesn't mean that they see the current state of things more precisely. Following for many years has its chunk of delusions. At least there's a lot of it in the other forum section.
 
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TANK91 said:
Duh I said I mean in 09 Froome was not good so what is so bad about supporting him when he is good. Just like you support Alberto a GT winner not Alberto a water carrier. And what La Flo says is hilarious how can we look straight when were talking fanboys in this thread. According to some if I watch the TDF in 2012 I cant sign up and be a fan of Froome. Isit such a crime. And no we brits don't look at Evans and Alberto that way, why generalise when its from ESPN. And no Flo you would not be a fan of Alberto if he did not win GT's or attack. When did you get into Cycling if you got into it before me, does your opinion way more, no course not.:D
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You are correct. I would not be a fan of Alberto if he'd always been a water carrier. Guess why? Because he caught my eye during tdf 07. But if he'd finish dead last from now on in every race, I'd still support him. Because I support Alberto the cyclist, and Alberto the person, not Alberto the cycling champion.

And what I said about british fans was me trying to explain Hitch's theory to you. And I must say I actually agree. Go to twitter and search for negative comments regarding Alberto. I find that most of these comments come from British people. It says a lot really.

Check british cycling websites. Check british tv during cycling broadcasts. It seems like Phil and Paul brainwashing all over again. A hero and a villain. Alberto is the villain in both cases.
 
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You are correct. I would not be a fan of Alberto if he'd always been a water carrier. Guess why? Because he caught my eye during tdf 07. But if he'd finish dead last from now on in every race, I'd still support him. Because I support Alberto the cyclist, and Alberto the person, not Alberto the cycling champion.

And what I said about british fans was me trying to explain Hitch's theory to you. And I must say I actually agree. Go to twitter and search for negative comments regarding Alberto. I find that most of these comments come from British people. It says a lot really.

Check british cycling websites. Check british tv during cycling broadcasts. It seems like Phil and Paul brainwashing all over again. A hero and a villain. Alberto is the villain in both cases.
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Im glad you agree about being a fan when they do something good, just like if Froome suddenly goes crap I will still follow, but can you blame me for not being a fan when he was a not so good rider, of course they have to do something to make you a fan.:D I just think that its wrong to label people the same, most on here follow Cycling all the time on twitter its probably just the TDF.
 
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I like Froome, hes a great rider, but for me hes no more english than Contador. When bert attacks i get goosebumps so for this year im rooting for him. And the Goosebumps are a good indicator of class lol.
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Funny stuff.

A point of correction, though. Froome speaks fluent English and was born in Kenya - a former Brit colony. Contador is Spanish through-and-through.

That said, it should be exciting to see these two go toe-to-toe in the mountains. I anticipate Contador will attack relentlessly while Froome does everything he can to stay with him or - even more hopefully - counter attack. Froome's TT advantage should be the factor that forces Contador to let it all go on the climbs.

That Contador vs. Schleck track-standing was entertaining, but nowhere near as entertaining as watching the best turn themselves inside-out to see who is the better man this year.
 
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Funny stuff.

A point of correction, though. Froome speaks fluent English and was born in Kenya - a former Brit colony. Contador is Spanish through-and-through.

That said, it should be exciting to see these two go toe-to-toe in the mountains. I anticipate Contador will attack relentlessly while Froome does everything he can to stay with him or - even more hopefully - counter attack. Froome's TT advantage should be the factor that forces Contador to let it all go on the climbs.

That Contador vs. Schleck track-standing was entertaining, but nowhere near as entertaining as watching the best turn themselves inside-out to see who is the better man this year.
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Former brit colony. Speaks English with African accent. Has look and body of a Kenyan. lol. He can be uk if he knows what the Rovers Return is, or the queen vic. lol
 
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www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=2KATucvlq9c&desktop_uri=/watch?v=2KATucvlq9c

Legendary interview

'I don't know I cannot explain because ehhh.... I remember the night before with my teammate Jesus Hernandez in the room... tomorrow maybe we can attack.'

'In the descent I said Alberto try or not in the next climb.... try or not. I'm not sure but for the radio say hey, in the front, full gas, full gas in the front. And in the moment Bjarne says full gas in the front full gas in the front. In this moment I am not sure if I attack or not. But after 1 k of climb I said Alberto, this is the moment, maybe you cannot.... maybe you don't win, but if you don't try you never know this. And then attack.'

'But I am very happy because sometimes I said uff, maybe Alberto you cannot win, but I said no no, I need to fight for the victory, the second place is not good.'

What a legend
 
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