Well it's been the plan since September last year. I think he wants another try at a GT double. Maybe to prepare for Giro-Tour next year?
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LaFlorecita said:Well it's been the plan since September last year. I think he wants another try at a GT double. Maybe to prepare for Giro-Tour next year?
the sceptic said:no offense to the vuelta, but I wish Contador would just forget about it and go 100% for the tour.
Arredondo said:It's more that Contador is going 100% for the Tour, and goes to the Vuelta with what's left in the tank.
LaFlorecita said:Not necessarily a bad idea right? Maybe take a stage win, perhaps top 3 overall. Sounds good to me.
LaFlorecita said:Not necessarily a bad idea right? Maybe take a stage win, perhaps top 3 overall. Sounds good to me.
the sceptic said:Well, if youre gonna put it that way I wont complain.
What is the prediction for the dauphine in here? Im gonna go out on a limb and say he will beat the Dawg.
LaFlorecita said:I can actually see Contador beat Froome. All he has to do is follow Froome uphill and then attack in the last k. Of course if he loses a lot of time in the TT that won't help him beat Froome.
Jack_89 said:Tomorrow if he loses 15s , it will be a good ITT for me.
but i have more interest on what he will be able to do in mountains...can Berto drop Froome?
Afrank said:He should just try to follow Froome IMO, not even concern himself with trying to win the race. But instead just get that last few racing miles in the legs and scope out his main competitor.
LaFlorecita said:It would be a huge mental blow for Froome if Contador would beat him uphill I think. And it would give Alberto a lot of confidence.
LaFlorecita said:It would be a huge mental blow for Froome if Contador would beat him uphill I think. And it would give Alberto a lot of confidence.
LaFlorecita said:The entire race will be very interesting can't wait
LaFlorecita said:Well it's been the plan since September last year. I think he wants another try at a GT double. Maybe to prepare for Giro-Tour next year?
Arredondo said:I know it is the plan for a long time. But every year we have to wait if he's going to do the Vuelta. If he's going to win the Tour, it's likely he will not do the Vuelta.
Winning the double looks impossible to me. I can't see him beating a 'fresh' Quintana or Rodriguez (if he's not competing at the Tour). It's almost impossible these days.
TANK91 said:That would be suicide to any hopes of a long carear surely. It would be 4GT's in a row. Contador never does two GT's in a row for two years running. If he lose's in the TDF i would hope he goes for the Giro/Vuelta for say 3 years. He would have a great shot with Quintana and Froome battling for the TDF. I think he will have too much pride though and will keep comming back to the TDF. I would like to see him win 5 Vuelta's personally(break Heras record).
Jelantik said:That would be my guess too. If he ended up podium TDF, he will for sure do Vuelta. If he wins it, he most likely won't do Vuelta. Unless, if Oleg doesn't agree
There probably used to be clinic related reasons for this. Anyway, perhaps this have now changed. I certainly hope Contador can beat Froome. Contador is much easier to chear for.But I don't believe it will happen. Not now, and not in the tour. My hopes for someone to beat Froome in July, is for Horner to show up in Vuelta shapeJelantik said:Contador never once wins Dauphene. Whether that was on purpose or not, doesn't matter. What matter is I think, winning Dauphene isn't really his major objective (he'll take if it comes his way). I would think winning a stage especially the mountain top finish is most important goal because it helps giving him an indication how he fares against Froome. I don't know what to expect for this Dauphene. His DS comment on TS website doesn't really sound like a confidence. It's more like downplay and see day by day kinda approach. So it's hard to tell what contador form looks like actually. On the other hand, Froome seems to be proclaiming that he is back better than last year. So I'm anxious.
LaFlorecita said:Well it's been the plan since September last year. I think he wants another try at a GT double. Maybe to prepare for Giro-Tour next year?