Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Zam_Olyas]

If that's aimed at me you are totally wrong, I started watching in the late 80s. I hate all dopers/cheaters and think they should all get a lifetime ban (and that includes Millar before you spout any more rubbish).

All I ask for is proof, not just internet (read unfounded) allegations. That's one thing I do agree with Wiggins about, he was spot on with his comments.

Why do you have to keep on about doping in Prr section?

 

[stampedingviking]

Why do you have to keep on about doping in Prr section?

It's an answer to an earlier poster. Plenty of d comments were made (un-modded) against Sky during the Tour, no one seemed to mind them

 

[Zam_Olyas]

It's an answer to an earlier poster. Plenty of d comments were made (un-modded) against Sky during the Tour, no one seemed to mind them

Didnt people get alot of warnings/infractions from the mod or got suspended during the tdf?

 

[stampedingviking]

Didnt people get alot of warnings/infractions from the mod or got suspended during the tdf?

There were still a large number made even after warnings, but let's not take this thread OT and away from the AC lovers.

 

[Publicus]

If that's aimed at me you are totally wrong, I started watching in the late 80s. I hate all dopers/cheaters and think they should all get a lifetime ban (and that includes Millar before you spout any more rubbish).

All I ask for is proof, not just internet (read unfounded) allegations. That's one thing I do agree with Wiggins about, he was spot on with his comments.

Clinic----->

 

[The Hitch]

All I ask for is proof, not just internet (read unfounded) allegations. That's one thing I do agree with Wiggins about, he was spot on with his comments.

Wiggins comments that any team with a doping doctor should not be invited to the tour are not unfounded allegations. They were very real and can be found online in his 2007 speech, along with his comments that all tdf winners deserve scepticsm giving us the right to speculate all we want, regardless of how much his position on the subject has changed since he met Lance who he sitll regards as the hero.

 

[The Hitch]

Clinic----->

Anytime a troll comes in here with these clinic baits, report them. The mods have proved very fair with regards to deleting comments from people posting clinic and even sanctioning those who know the rules but do it deliberately nonetheless (and this case clearly belongs to the latter option)

If the poster had any motive other than trolling he would post about the wiggins clinic thing in the wiggins clinic thread, and not bait people with his spin on it in the prr.

Dont respond, report. thats the way to deal with it.

 

[Cav the Great]

Anyone else hoping the sooner Contador falls off the side of a mountain the better ?

 

[Forunculo]

Anyone else hoping the sooner Contador falls off the side of a mountain the better ?

He probably hang from a car like Cavendish, don't worry.

 

[Ferminal]

Please do not wish harm on cyclists...

And please no baiting re: Clinic topics, there are plenty of threads in the appropriate section if you wish to express how much you love/dislike Contador as a result of the CAS verdict.

 

[Fidolix]

I simply can´t believe this, Noval is set to ride the Vuelta according to Saxo website. Unbelievable.

http://teamsaxobanktinkoffbank.com/races.asp?r_id=2667#nu

 

[Forunculo]

I simply can´t believe this, Noval is set to ride the Vuelta according to Saxo website. Unbelievable.

http://teamsaxobanktinkoffbank.com/races.asp?r_id=2667#nu

To be fair I love the rest of selection, Majka above all.

Hopefully the russian friend have a word with the team about Noval and of course let expire his contract

 

[vcampbell]

To be fair I love the rest of selection, Majka above all.

Hopefully the russian friend have a word with the team about Noval and of course let expire his contract

Yes, I'm happy too that Majka will be there!

But Noval? Eh...

 

[pastronef]

I simply can´t believe this, Noval is set to ride the Vuelta according to Saxo website. Unbelievable.

http://teamsaxobanktinkoffbank.com/races.asp?r_id=2667#nu

what's SO wrong with Noval riding the vuelta?

 

[Forunculo]

what's SO wrong with Noval riding the vuelta?

Noval is a useless rider, yesterday, again, was the first dropped rider when he is there as an expert flat rider

 

[the asian]

Noval seems to be Contador's personal bodyguard. If Navarro leaves SBTB I'm sure Noval will stay on, unless perhaps if they sign Tiralongo.

 

[Cimber]

what's SO wrong with Noval riding the vuelta?

Everything

 

[Forunculo]

Noval seems to be Contador's personal bodyguard. If Navarro leaves SBTB I'm sure Noval will stay on, unless perhaps if they sign Tiralongo.

Saxo has sign Kreuziger at 99%

 

[Ferminal]

Noval seems to be Contador's personal bodyguard. If Navarro leaves SBTB I'm sure Noval will stay on, unless perhaps if they sign Tiralongo.

Tiralongo is contracted for another year isn't he?

 

[Miburo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjUxFiR8PjU&feature=g-u-u

Normally they get the vid subbed in a day.

 

[Eshnar]

Right, but everything cannot be described with the numbers. Say, pressure, or psychosis in the beginning of the Tour when 30-40 guys are eager to be on the front as if they can win despite on it's for the sprinters. Riders feel differently when they are among stronger rivals. So I believe Basso and Contador because they can evaluate many invisible for a fan's eye things. Contador rode very strongly in 2008, having the only mini crisis on Giau, but he got lucky - LPR thought that he had been eliminated and didn't smash him.

I know tdf puts more pressure on riders (everyone knows). Riders feel differently on such conditions indeed. That's why you should NOT believe them. Basso and Contador said that the tdf climbs are raced faster than in the Giro. That's just not true. Surely they feel that way - and I can't really blame them - but that doesn't make that a fact. Hence bringing such quotes into an argument is completely useless...

 

[Publicus]

what's SO wrong with Noval riding the vuelta?

Turn it around: what's right about it? When was the last time he was any good? Discovery Channel days? Astana (09)?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Turn it around: what's right about it? When was the last time he was any good? Discovery Channel days? Astana (09)?

about 20 kg lighter was the last time i think

 

[Fidolix]

Saxo has sign Kreuziger at 99%

Don´t think I would set the possibility that high, though it´s very likely considering the statements from both Kreuziger, Roche and Birdsong.

But they need more pure climbers and workmen alá Tiralongo and Szmyd, and a couple of good TT riders.

Hope we hear more during the Vuelta.

 

[airstream]

I know tdf puts more pressure on riders (everyone knows). Riders feel differently on such conditions indeed. That's why you should NOT believe them. Basso and Contador said that the tdf climbs are raced faster than in the Giro. That's just not true. Surely they feel that way - and I can't really blame them - but that doesn't make that a fact. Hence bringing such quotes into an argument is completely useless...

A rider's perception is far more important argument than any numbers.