Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

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movingtarget said:
So you really think a few days will make a big difference if Froome does not look weaker today ? And if Contador loses time today ? I suppose a lot will depend on the conditions, often it is very hot and also windy on Ventoux. The obvious attackers will be Movistar.

Contador will lose time today. He was never gonna beat Froome on a mtf. He needs to attack from far out, or on the gap and grand bornand stages. Really, everyone knew even before the start Froome would be at least equal to Alberto in the mountains and everyone knew he'd take at least 1 minute in the tts. So everyone knew he had to take time somewhere else. It's just a shame Froome is so much better than everyone else, otherwise it could've been a nice battle.
 
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Waiting on a plane to take me home from holidays in Bulgaria. First access to cycling news in two weeks. Caught most stages so far but gutted to be missing todays.

Will Alberto challenge today? Think he will have to depend more on Froome tiring
 
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LaFlorecita said:
I don't think he'll try, he'll be hanging on for dear life.

Yea, no way Contador will try something unless Froome has a bad day.

This is not the day to do something. There are still enough stages to take time on Froome.
 
xrayvision said:
Alberto will try something today, but doubt he has the legs to make a difference.

Rest day tomorrow, perfect time to dig deep. If Legs are good and it's not to windy, I think he will try something today especially if Froome is isolated. Play the Krueziger card?

It's all about his Legs; his class isn't the question. He has plenty of class, but is it back class now?
 
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Carols said:
Rest day tomorrow, perfect time to dig deep. If Legs are good and it's not to windy, I think he will try something today especially if Froome is isolated. Play the Krueziger card?

It's all about his Legs; his class isn't the question. He has plenty of class, but is it back class now?

Dream scenario: Quintana takes of from the bottom, the SKYtrain in tatters, Froomey have to chase him self, Kreuziger and AC in his wheel and booom, Kreuziger goes full gas, Froomey watching his powermeter and decides not to chase, and booom of goes AC and leaves the Dawg in his wake...
 
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movingtarget said:
Do you really expect that after the way Sky have ridden for the past few days ? I think Froome will just wait for the attacks and see what happens and who he can let go and who he needs to follow. He knows Movistar will attack. Why would he kill his team with a week to go. He can ride defensively and try and make time later in the stage if he has the legs. Sky has lost two riders and also have injured riders. We have not seen much of the Sky train because Froome made time early in the race. Sky can't afford another stage like the one where Porte lost huge time and they were scattered up and down the road. All they can do is protect Froome until the climb and Porte will stay with him as long as possible. If Contador can't make time on this stage, it does not look good for him unless Froome has a bad day next week.

I guess it's just a logical assumption seeing how sky's tactic is. Maybe they won't control the race like they did. But by the looking of Ax3 when they destroyed the field, seems that the logical assumption for sky is to do the same. The first part is the hardest part, so if they do the Ax3, there won't be any GC contender's left. Minutes can be lost on Ventoux. So I still expect to see the sky express drilling the hole to everyones's arses :D *i hope I'm wrong*.

As far as todays menu, this is contador's private date with his destiny. If he can hang and limit his loss, we have a ball game. If he is fading, then second place won't be so bad to achieve. Hopefully, kreuziger can maintain his position. Maybe saxo's directive today is to limit losess, since contador hasn't said anything about his sensation so far. So that's not a good indication. *see his vuelta interview*
 
Porte's comments about "riding for" Contador at the 2011 Giro:

Here's what he had to say about Contador: “The year I rode with Alberto in the Giro that he won before having the title taken off him, there wasn't much I had to do for him. The only thing I could do in that race was choose who was going to police the breakaway – that's essentially all we had to do – and then control it. On the climbs, he didn't need any help... we couldn't help him.

“There were times when Alberto punctured and I stopped to help him but then I got blown away by him straight away. That was just him; he'd catch up with me and then race straight past. And I'd be like, ‘Okay, that was pointless even stopping...'"
 
Jelantik said:
As far as todays menu, this is contador's private date with his destiny. If he can hang and limit his loss, we have a ball game. If he is fading, then second place won't be so bad to achieve. Hopefully, kreuziger can maintain his position. Maybe saxo's directive today is to limit losess, since contador hasn't said anything about his sensation so far. So that's not a good indication. *see his vuelta interview*

Yep, today is a date with destiny.....

I haven't heard any 'sensations are good and I'm improving every day' and
'More Tomorrow' out of him.

Maybe Andy and Quintana will go together, Froome will have to chase Quintana. Then Saxo can launch Roman.
 
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Liquigas said:
Today he cracked trying to follow Froome going too much time on the red zone.

+1

If he would ride watching the SMR he would be clear 2nd. But the will to fight is there.

Aside Froome, good feeling about his performance.
 
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Contador looked very valiant today as he got dropped by Froome. I wonder if he looked equally valiant as he got passed in the last 2 km by a few other riders . . . Why not show that on TV???
 
DominicDecoco said:
Couldn't take a turn for Nieve even if his life depended on it.. And was later dropped by the same man. Hilarious talk about winning the Tour.

He went way too much into the red trying to follow Froome. He was obviously cooked after that. Hadn't he tried to follow the sky acceleration he would have probably lost less time then he ended up doing.