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Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

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It is really sad to read all this rubbish about a great rider, but that is what you can expect from the English & Americans who happen to believe in they own way of cheating!!
 
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Red Rick said:
Here's Contador's form curve of this year for you:









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Where exactly is the peak in that?
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hrotha said:
Meh, the Tour-Vuelta Double thing from September 2013 will probably become the We'll See I'm Focused on the Tour in July 2014 and the I'm Really Tired Right Now in August 2014.
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He always said "Tour is my main goal, we'll see if I'll ride la Vuelta after that".Now he's announcing he's doing it a year before already, he's definately gonna do it. He'll be a 9time GT winner this time next year
 
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Who's going to support him? Who will be the team leader for the Giro this year? Saxo would be better off having a separate leader for each grand tour as this year. Majka 7th in giro, Contador 4th tour , Kreuziger 5th tour, Roche 5th Vuelta
 
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He has to get some wins against Froome prior to Tour in order to justify his presence. He also needs it for his confidence. I think it was airstream who suggested that Sky had made it a goal not to allow Contador to beat Froome in any prep stage race this year. If true, it worked.
 
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Contadoraus Schlecks said:
He has to get some wins against Froome prior to Tour in order to justify his presence. He also needs it for his confidence. I think it was airstream who suggested that Sky had made it a goal not to allow Contador to beat Froome in any prep stage race this year. If true, it worked.
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Contador just has to sign his name to justify his presence at the Tour or else 194 other riders would have to explain why they even bother entering.
 
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Dedelou said:
Contador just has to sign his name to justify his presence at the Tour or else 194 other riders would have to explain why they even bother entering.
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Apologies, I should have been clearer. I meant in order to justify his presence in his own mind. I was getting at the fact that at present he knows that Froome is superior and that he will need to beat him before the Tour. I see little point in Contador getting whipped in the Tour then having fatigue for the Vuelta, where he could still potentially win Giro and Vuelta next season.
 
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Contadoraus Schlecks said:
Apologies, I should have been clearer. I meant in order to justify his presence in his own mind. I was getting at the fact that at present he knows that Froome is superior and that he will need to beat him before the Tour. I see little point in Contador getting whipped in the Tour then having fatigue for the Vuelta, where he could still potentially win Giro and Vuelta next season.
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I get it. But you know he has to ride the Tour. Both for Saxo and for his own head. I did not really understand what his prep was about this year. We clearly saw it did not bear results, however. It will be interesting to see what he will change next year. For the moral there is nothing like winning, so I agree with you that he need a few victories over Froome to boost his confidence.
 
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I'd say that riding Vuelta has something to do with the Worlds on the home turf.
On the other hand, it's hard to imagine Contador riding Vuelta just to prepare for the Worlds.
However, he did leave open space for a change of the decision when he spoke about the route and its possible difficulty. Or it was maybe a message to organizers...
 
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Contadoraus Schlecks said:
He has to get some wins against Froome prior to Tour in order to justify his presence. He also needs it for his confidence. I think it was airstream who suggested that Sky had made it a goal not to allow Contador to beat Froome in any prep stage race this year. If true, it worked.
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Well duh, winning every race you enter is by definition - not allowing anyone else to beat you.
 
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Guess he was encouraged by Valverde and Purito's Vuelta results who were a lot closer (time wise) than Froome in 2012...
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How will he tackle that Vuelta? Winning will be difficult with a fresh JRod and some Colombians, and a 3/4th place in GC isn't particulary shocking for Conta.
 
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Contadoraus Schlecks said:
He has to get some wins against Froome prior to Tour in order to justify his presence. He also needs it for his confidence. I think it was airstream who suggested that Sky had made it a goal not to allow Contador to beat Froome in any prep stage race this year. If true, it worked.
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Using Airstream as your reference doesn't help your argument. ;-) Seriously though until someone from Saxo other than Contador wins a grand tour or figures prominently in the battle for the top step of one, Contador's presence is justified and even in that circumstance his presence is still etched in stone as a minimum co-captain/leader.

Edit: You clarified you post. The Airstream comment stands though. :D
 
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