Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Siriuscat]

Donald you are getting old.... It is a kitten

Oi... I know... need new glasses..... okay swap (enter your favourite cutesy baby animal here) for a coffee mug.... ;0) xx

 

[Siriuscat]

Tinkoff Saxo Alberto Contador

Shared hope you don't mind..... I know a couple of lovelies who will squeeeeeee all over their breakfast over that... ;0)

 

[LaFlorecita]

Tinkoff Saxo Alberto Contador

Cool

 

[42x16ss]

I would prefer bright colours too.But Im worried that there will be more white as Tinkoff's bank colours are yellow and white...I would prefer orange,pink or red (of course i want their early season 2011 kit,but thats not possible)

Not orange!!!! Do you want the entire team to crash out or something????

 

[murali]

I really liked the way AC put it:

It’s going to be difficult to beat him, but nobody’s unbeatable. That’s what they said about me, too.

and this:

I felt a bit odd when our team went up on the [2013] Tour podium as winners of the best team award.

It seemed as if the team classification win was more humiliating to him than not winning the tour.

i think AC talked abt Wiggo not being included to tell Froome that he doesnt hav the best team with him.

I still feel that in the battle of minds, AC has won by just following the wheels of CF in CD.

Any news abt the team jersey yet? I think yellow suits them better than any other color

 

[greenedge]

Is this for real??? " In 2013 Contador was lacking a domestique with the climbing ability of Sky’s Richie Porte and Peter Kennaugh,"

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/28/tour-de-france-2014-alberto-contador-chris-froome-team-sky

 

[LaFlorecita]

Is this for real??? " In 2013 Contador was lacking a domestique with the climbing ability of Sky’s Richie Porte and Peter Kennaugh,"

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/28/tour-de-france-2014-alberto-contador-chris-froome-team-sky

I tweeted the author, and he was aware that Kreuziger worked for Contador, but said he didn't feel like he completely sacrificed himself for AC.

 

[Cimber]

Alberto Contador‏@albertocontador·8 mins 
Hoy toco reconocimiento del pave de la etapa 5 del @letour .Buen entrenamiento! @tinkoff_saxo #3dias #Tour

 

[Publicus]

He looks super lean, but not emaciated. It's been a while since he's looked like this (2009 comes to mind).

EDIT: I never noticed it before today, but he has his logo (stylized hands doing the pistol shot) on the fronts of his shoes. I wonder if this is a new thing for the Tour....

 

[sacrifice&hardwork]

Oleg's private jet

 

[LaFlorecita]

Oleg's private jet

Very cool pics especially the first one

Although Oleg looks a bit creepy

 

[jens_attacks]

no long legs girls? what a sad private jet, oleg

 

[inthepink]

I am sure Nico Roche is holding up some type of cryptic message

Maybe "Help ...save us from Oleg "

 

[Jelantik]

Alberto Contador‏@albertocontador·8 mins 
Hoy toco reconocimiento del pave de la etapa 5 del @letour .Buen entrenamiento! @tinkoff_saxo #3dias #Tour

darrrnn.. he keeps training and training. Btw thanks for the pic of oleg jets and TS boys. They seemed to be happy. Did Majka look happy?

 

[Jelantik]

Tinkoff Saxo Alberto Contador

AWESOME VIDEO! thanks for sharing. The coffee?.. lol.. just stick it to Froome huh? He does look really sharp. Lean and mean. But not anorexic. this is what TDF winner should look like

 

[yespatterns]

Very cool pics especially the first one

Although Oleg looks a bit creepy

He looks like he should be in a basement asking for a "baby ooooooofffff!".

 

[Miburo]

Contador looks amazing on that pic, getting more and more hyped.

 

[Rollthedice]

Very cool pics especially the first one

Although Oleg looks a bit creepy

I thought the two pilots looked creepier.

 

[inthepink]

I thought the two pilots looked creepier.

Pilots look like 2 KGB rejects

 

[murali]

no long legs girls? what a sad private jet, oleg

absolutely right!

i told you, i hate this guy

on second thought, i think i will forgive him this time. he's having those two KGB-ish guys protecting the team in a luxury jet

 

[LaFlorecita]

@MichaelValgren
Cant wait to @letour starts and to watch @tinkoff_saxo smash it with @albertocontador #Tinkoff4TDF #inittowinit

 

[ILovecycling]

I tweeted the author, and he was aware that Kreuziger worked for Contador, but said he didn't feel like he completely sacrificed himself for AC.

hopefuly this man wont remain in this business for too long

 

[ILovecycling]

@MichaelValgren
Cant wait to @letour starts and to watch @tinkoff_saxo smash it with @albertocontador #Tinkoff4TDF #inittowinit

...I hope he will be in vuelta team!

 

[LaFlorecita]

...I hope he will be in vuelta team!

He has been seriously impressive this season! Chris Juul-Jensen too, by the way.

 

[murali]

I tweeted the author, and he was aware that Kreuziger worked for Contador, but said he didn't feel like he completely sacrificed himself for AC.

no wonder he wrote such an article.

He claims Bertie is not flamboyant. then he claims that Froome lost because of crash. Rogers is a Sky product. For him, AC is copying Sky's "novel" training technique; trying to imply that even if AC wins(which he is not willing to admit), the success is due to the Sky's technique and not to AC's abilities.


In short, the author is biased.
One thing that has come out is tht DB is worried abt stage 5. so thts one stage where tactics will come to play. with a little bit of help from the OPQS guys, AC should be able to distance a few opponents in tht stage