LaFlorecita said:Uhm, Contador finished 13th and Froome 19th.
And Contador didn't look in much trouble to me.
TANK91 said:No way they both put eachother in trouble it was wierd im hugely biast towards Froome but Contador if anything looked to put him in trouble(i do think this stage suits Contador more), but then TJVG got straight away on CF wheel and AC was struggling a little bit. Very interesting stage.
TANK91 said:La Flo don't you think they both looked a little ragged. Im not sure they both looked a little under pressure to me anyway.
TANK91 said:No way they both put eachother in trouble it was wierd im hugely biast towards Froome but Contador if anything looked to put him in trouble(i do think this stage suits Contador more), but then TJVG got straight away on CF wheel and AC was struggling a little bit. Very interesting stage.
SeriousSam said:Yet again Froome finishing ahead of Contador. Really seemed to put him into trouble at the top of the climb, too. Last year's Contador probably would've lost 20 seconds there.
deValtos said:I thought AC seemed ok. The team was a bit "meh" though, they should've taken zaugg imo instead of all these rouleurs.
Nilsson said:Contador was pretty good today. Nibali al lot better than expected and Froome a bit less than expected (his attack was quite cliché and he didn't seem able to work together with Costa). Problem for Contador will probably the team. Only Roche was able to stay with him and did a good job at the beginning of the last climb, but in the end he was alone, whereas Froome and Nibali had teammates in the first group.
arvc40 said:Maybe some people here watching different race. Contador looking very strong with no panic at all.
LaFlorecita said:He didn't look all that strong to me, he was grimacing a fair bit, but I believe we have to wait till the real mountains to see what his form is like.
Marco Pantani said:I say it this way, none of the big favourites convinced me today, except from Nibali, if there was a headwind in the finale.
Contador looked like the 2011 version, breathing hard.
I hope the images fooled me.
Same with Froome by the way.
thehog said:That was a steep climb! You expect riders to grimace no matter who they are. You can't be piano tranquillo on a climb like that!
LaFlorecita said:Contador 2011, breathing hard
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