Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[murali]

general warning: spotted a froome boy.

Engaging evasive action.

 

[murali]

No rain here on Alp d'Huez. Lots of lighting and thunder last night but supposed to not rain till the afternoon...

is it a good news or a stage-1 type news?

 

[xrayvision]

is it a good news or a stage-1 type news?

No it´s real, they not expecting any rain this afternoon. Hopefully it holds.

EDIT. I think I will change that forecast, Moderate or heavy rain showers are possible according to the wold weather forecast. hmmm

 

[murali]

I just read that Contador slowed down a little bit in the final descent to avoid crashes.

 

[Cimber]

No it´s real, they not expecting any rain this afternoon. Hopefully it holds.

EDIT. I think I will change that forecast, Moderate or heavy rain showers are possible according to the wold weather forecast. hmmm

I want rain and full stage. Should favor Bertie and Quintana

 

[xrayvision]

I want rain and full stage. Should favor Bertie and Quintana

Me too, what I was thinking was, hopefully it starts raining to late to can cancel anything.

 

[airstream]

Which march? Tour used to happen in march?

Tirreno was in March after which Froome became #1 fav. You imply the route doesn't match creating big gaps. My reply is learn to take big gaps as Froome does instead of absurd accusations of inproper stages.

 

[murali]

Me too, what I was thinking was, hopefully it starts raining to late to can cancel anything.

I don't want that.

I have seen enough of stage-1 and other routes meant for crashes. At some point of time, i think we should say enough is enough. If they don't modify stage before the last rider has signed up, then they should simply let the stage be.

i don't want to see a good rider lose a month or a year because some a-hol sitting in a/c room thought that it is fun to play with stage finishes. Riders are intelligent folks capable of taking calculated risks. no rider descents a dangerous mountain with the hope of crashing.

 

[Cimber]

I don't want that.

I have seen enough of stage-1 and other routes meant for crashes. At some point of time, i think we should say enough is enough. If they don't modify stage before the last rider has signed up, then they should simply let the stage be.

i don't want to see a good rider lose a month or a year because some a-hol sitting in a/c room thought that it is fun to play with stage finishes. Riders are intelligent folks capable of taking calculated risks. no rider descents a dangerous mountain with the hope of crashing.

In that case their is no reason at all to shorten or cancel. The riders will just take it easy on the descent, so what the problem?

 

[murali]

my point is that the riders are not riding through one feet of snow. If the organizers are afraid of one section of road, they can always neutralize that section alone. But whatever it is, inform the riders before the stage starts.

thank you for emphasizing my argument for a safe race.

 

[xrayvision]

I don't want that.

I have seen enough of stage-1 and other routes meant for crashes. At some point of time, i think we should say enough is enough. If they don't modify stage before the last rider has signed up, then they should simply let the stage be.

i don't want to see a good rider lose a month or a year because some a-hol sitting in a/c room thought that it is fun to play with stage finishes. Riders are intelligent folks capable of taking calculated risks. no rider descents a dangerous mountain with the hope of crashing.

Decenting is part of the sport, what comes up must come down sort of speak.
And its the same both ways, some are better uphill, some are better downhill, wet or dry, you know your limits, and just have to ride accordingly to your skills, attacking on a decent is in my opinion one of the beautiful part of the sport, so if you don´t feel comfortable decenting, use your breaks.

And I don´t think theres one rider in the peloton who havent studied this stage and the decent from the Alpe, everybody is aware of the road and dangers.

 

[Cimber]

my point is that the riders are not riding through one feet of snow. If the organizers are afraid of one section of road, they can always neutralize that section alone. But whatever it is, inform the riders before the stage starts.

thank you for emphasizing my argument for a safe race.

Riders can just use the break. they are smart people as you say

 

[Cimber]

Riis: "its gonna be hard to beat Froome, but before this Tour is over we certainly will have tried"

 

[murali]

do you think that saxo will send a couple of riders upfront to form a launchpad for AC's eventual attack?

i remember watching sami sanchez do that once, and it looked beautiful.

 

[Cimber]

do you think that saxo will send a couple of riders upfront to form a launchpad for AC's eventual attack?

i remember watching sami sanchez do that once, and it looked beautiful.

Ye I think Roche might be send out. Roche said he took it easy yesterday to be ready for today.

 

[murali]

Ye I think Roche might be send out. Roche said he took it easy yesterday to be ready for today.

only roche?
can they afford to send one more?

 

[Cimber]

only roche?
can they afford to send one more?

Oh didnt mean only roche. He is just an obvious choice and is a good descender to help Bertie on the dangerous descent. If the break gets a lot of time Bennati could be an option to for the descent and valley

 

[Cimber]

Alberto Contador‏@albertocontador55s
Hoy mitica etapa con dos pasos por Alp D'Huez y final en la cima.Quien sabe lo que puede pasar.. ...???

Sounds like a man who will try his luck

 

[Alpechraxler]

Navarro ?!

 

[LaFlorecita]

I love this! What a great team

 

[murali]

I love this! What a great team

i think this is what roche meant when he said the team is a tightly knit one.

 

[LaFlorecita]

i think this is what roche meant when he said the team is a tightly knit one.

He said that?

 

[murali]

He said that?

he said something like that. will have to search for the actual quote though. not a direct quote, if thats what you mean. there was something like a "gelling" together and riding "for each other" and things like that.




roche navarro bennatti, any other option?


what about rogers or paulinho?

 

[Pulpstar]

The biggest risk of all would be to stay in the Sky death march up Alpe 1st time, descend with Froome on his wheel (He is a good follower of descents) and then get trained off the 2nd climb.

 

[Cimber]

he said something like that. will have to search for the actual quote though. not a direct quote, if thats what you mean. there was something like a "gelling" together and riding "for each other" and things like that.




roche navarro bennatti, any other option?


what about rogers or paulinho?

Btw Paulinho has been a tad disappointing in the Tour this year