Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Parrulo]

That is darned depressing...the light seems to have switched off as I suspected.

I hope he retires at the end of the year like Indurain did if he can't find any form by worlds and doesn't prolong the agony like LeMond did.

Very Depressed

Now this is depressing, just because your favourite rider has a bad year he should retire so you don't suffer? That's a pathetic way of thinking.

I just hope he keeps working and eventually finds his legs back.

 

[Carols]

Now this is depressing, just because your favourite rider has a bad year he should retire so you don't suffer? That's a pathetic way of thinking.

I just hope he keeps working and eventually finds his legs back.

LOL, I've lived watching the greats fall and fail for 40+ years. It's better to get it over with sooner rather than later, for Them, not just the fans.

He may still find form and moments of greatness, but the writing is on the wall. Hope I'm wrong, but I've seen it 4 times now....

 

[Jelantik]

Well Contador himself just said he barely is a podium candidate so . . .

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=63793

At least he is finally accepting that his form is absolutely ****ty

That is darned depressing...the light seems to have switched off as I suspected.

I hope he retires at the end of the year like Indurain did if he can't find any form by worlds and doesn't prolong the agony like LeMond did.

Very Depressed

dang! the horses's mouth has spoken... i guees, The fat french lady needs to finish her donuts pronto, looks like she needs to practice her singing earlier. So does that means Saxo now is riding for Roman? or chasing stage winning?

 

[LaFlorecita]

That is darned depressing...the light seems to have switched off as I suspected.

I hope he retires at the end of the year like Indurain did if he can't find any form by worlds and doesn't prolong the agony like LeMond did.

Very Depressed

More sadness

 

[Forunculo]

More sadness

Flo please, stop this madness

If he fails at the TDF, he likely gonna ride the Vuelta, not leave the sport.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Flo please, stop this madness

If he fails at the TDF, he likely gonna ride the Vuelta, not leave the sport.

And then he'll fail at vuelta on one hand I don't want him to stop but on the other hand it hurts me to see him struggle like this I think it would be good to target some smaller races and 1 or 2 stages in giro and vuelta.

 

[etymology]

If you look further you probably also see me asking if he really said that and when because I found it hard to believe but she seemed pretty sure.

someone on twitter says "froome says..."

though aforementioned tweet-ee cannot provide verifiable source, said tweet-ee seemed pretty sure froome said alberto is not a contender.

"froome says alberto not a contender" posted as fact.

let the outrage begin!!!!

i *love* the rolling soap opera we know as pro cycling - almost as much as i love its sometimes slightly excitable fans.

one thing *i* know for sure: alberto's dad can kick froome's dad's **** with one leg tied behind his back!!!

NOTE: this post is NOT intended to be a jab at or an attempt to disparage laflorecita. i just couldn't -ahhhhhhhhh, ok - i just wouldn't resist.

 

[Miburo]

LOL, I've lived watching the greats fall and fail for 40+ years. It's better to get it over with sooner rather than later, for Them, not just the fans.

He may still find form and moments of greatness, but the writing is on the wall. Hope I'm wrong, but I've seen it 4 times now....

Let's reverse it.

Did you think evans was gonna win the tour in 2011? Did you think valverde after last year's performance was ever gonna have a chance for a podium in a tour? Did you think Wiggins was ever gonna win a tour after 2010?

95% of this forum would have said "no". Don't write a rider off too early. Contador is only 30 years old.

I still believe that one day we'll see him at 100% again.

 

[Carols]

Let's reverse it.

Did you think evans was gonna win the tour in 2011? Did you think valverde after last year's performance was ever gonna have a chance for a podium in a tour? Did you think Wiggins was ever gonna win a tour after 2010?

95% of this forum would have said "no". Don't write a rider off too early. Contador is only 30 years old.

I still believe that one day we'll see him at 100% again.

Alberto is/was in a totally different class than Evans and Valverde.

I wrote:

Valverde is a very good cyclist, but never entered the realm of great. He has 1 GT win. Same with Cadel, still hanging around, was never a great.

Alberto has 7 (or 5) and is a winner of all 3 GTs a Very Select group. The greats burn out differently than the very goods. One day the brilliance that made them great is gone as if a light has been switched off and only briefly shows again.

You have to compare him to Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault, LeMond, Indurain and in my book Pantani. Not Evans and Valverde. He is in the Top Class, not just a very good cyclist. When they fold they fold Hard and Quickly.

 

[Carols]

And then he'll fail at vuelta on one hand I don't want him to stop but on the other hand it hurts me to see him struggle like this I think it would be good to target some smaller races and 1 or 2 stages in giro and vuelta.

Exactly what happened to Indurain...failed in le Tour, failed in Vuelta. Got himself an Olympic ITT Gold Medal (those flashes of greatness that infrequently appear when the light is switched off) and retired. Smart Man Miguel was.

IF Alberto rides the Vuelta and fails it is all but over. Maybe he can do something in Worlds and go out in glory.

I'd hate to see he come back and struggle like LeMond and Pantani did trying to recapture what made him great. No one has ever been successful at accomplishing it; a brief flicker here and there is all.

 

[Ryaguas]

Image of captain, which possibly entail not optimal result for the team. If Kreuziger finishes higher, it will affect on Contador's captain status in the team, no?

da fuq? OFC no...

Guys plz stop being so pesimistic and asking for Alberto to retire... I always enter this thread to smile and read good things about Contador... I want to keep it that way... I dont want to enter this thread to be more depressed

Alberto is not going to retire
He is not done yet, He is just having a year off...relax, next season it will be different...

I think that He will do La Vuelta and his form will be really different... just wait plz

 

[airstream]

da fuq? OFC no...

Guys plz stop being so pesimistic and asking for Alberto to retire... I always enter this thread to smile and read good things about Contador... I want to keep it that way... I dont want to enter this thread to be more depressed

Alberto is not going to retire
He is not done yet, He is just having a year off...relax, next season it will be different...

I think that He will do La Vuelta and his form will be really different... just wait plz

Listen up you, wild uncultured man, you are entitled to consider yourself the smartest out there and ridicule others. Alright, burst your bile out so extensively as you ridiculed me when I said Froome will beat Contador. But you won't be able to run away from the truth. Obviously if Kreuziger finishes higher, Contador will lose his status of unquestioning GT leader. And I don't care what delicate sentiments you feel about that.

 

[Ryaguas]

Listen up you, wild uncultured man, you are entitled to consider yourself the smartest out there and ridicule others. Alright, burst your bile out so extensively as you ridiculed me when I said Froome will beat Contador. But you won't be able to run away from the truth. Obviously if Kreuziger finishes higher, Contador will lose his status of unquestioning GT leader. And I don't care what delicate sentiments you feel about that.

Yes I know everything so... surrender to my knowledge, stop supporting Froome and support Contador

 

[airstream]

Yes I know everything so... surrender to my knowledge, stop supporting Froome and support Contador

You are utterly unworthy person without dignity and sense of humor.

 

[webbie146]

Listen up you, wild uncultured man, you are entitled to consider yourself the smartest out there and ridicule others. Alright, burst your bile out so extensively as you ridiculed me when I said Froome will beat Contador. But you won't be able to run away from the truth. Obviously if Kreuziger finishes higher, Contador will lose his status of unquestioning GT leader. And I don't care what delicate sentiments you feel about that.

LOL I was drinking some water and spit it all out from laughing haha

 

[Ryaguas]

You are utterly unworthy person without dignity and sense of humor.

Yep that's true

 

[jens_attacks]

airstream just like alberto is peaking towards the 3rd week. watch out!

 

[The Hitch]

Well Contador himself just said he barely is a podium candidate so . . .

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=63793

At least he is finally accepting that his form is absolutely ****ty

Really strange. All this time, through all his bad from through Dauphine even through the first 9 days of the Tour he kept saying all was good.

And now all of a sudden basically overnght he realizes he isnt anywhere near his best afterall. A guy with as much gt experience as Contador?

How much of an idiot is he?

 

[Ryaguas]

airstream just like alberto is peaking towards the 3rd week. watch out!

hahahahahhaha that was a good one

 

[LaFlorecita]

Really strange. All this time, through all his bad from through Dauphine even through the first 9 days of the Tour he kept saying all was good.

And now all of a sudden basically overnght he realizes he isnt anywhere near his best afterall. A guy with as much gt experience as Contador?

How much of an idiot is he?

Hitch don't say that

 

[jens_attacks]

alberto just wants to keep the terrible skyborgs asleep. and when you expect the least...on mighty glandon and madeleine just like festina in '97 saxo and alberto blows the race to pieces and froomey loses the tour

 

[LaFlorecita]

alberto just wants to keep the terrible skyborgs asleep. and when you expect the least...on mighty glandon and madeleine just like festina in '97 saxo and alberto blows the race to pieces and froomey loses the tour

Ha ha I wish I could be as optimistic as you jens but I'm afraid we won't see Alberto blowing anything to pieces except for himself.

 

[Netserk]

I'm with Jens here. Alberto will still win the Tour

 

[Cimber]

I'm with Jens here. Alberto will still win the Tour

To be honest, at this point I would be excited to see him win a stage

 

[jens_attacks]

Saxo-Tinkoff manager Bjarne Riis, meanwhile, echoed Contador's belief that he will be at his best when the Tour enters its demanding final week, bookended by summit finishes at Mont Ventoux and Semnoz.

"I'm pretty sure about that. I think he's proved that he's always good in a long stage race and I think the last week suits him well, so he has every reason to be confident," Riis said before stage 10. "We want to win this Tour and if you want to win this Tour, you need to be good and we're happy so far."

wise words. the tour will be won in the alpes