Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[lenric]

Valverde is more explosive than Froome? In what universe? Probably in the universe where cows fly and unicorns exist.

 

[phanatic]

Oh man. poor bertie. Froome crashed out, Q skips le tour, and J-Rod still nursing his form from injuries in the spring. How is he supposed to prove his superiority this year? He's got to get that double!

Post race: ummm?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Bye bye Bertie.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

He better get his 09 form + steal Arus angel wings to make this happen

 

[T-Nielsen]

What a **** day. Bertie needs some sun.

 

[Carols]

Bye bye Bertie.

Unless he is sick or injured he isn't out of this just yet! Still a Long way to go. Let's hear what he has to say. It could be epic in the mountains if he is okay

 

[Jack_89]

Very bad today.
he "was sleeping" in the second sector and begin it.in the.second half of group.
Now he (and we ) need a signal :already saturday

 

[webvan]

The fact he couldn't keep up with Mollema, TVG, etc...is not a very good sign, no energy left I suppose, well it could have been worse.

 

[arvc40]

Rode very cautiously. Surprised gaps are not bigger. He will bring all that time back by Paris.

 

[JimPanzen]

The fact he couldn't keep up with Mollema, TVG, etc...is not a very good sign, no energy left I suppose, well it could have been worse.

I think he struggled due to his low weight. I'm really looking forward to him going all out in the mountains though. I think he'll pull the time back.

 

[Publicus]

I'll wait for his comments, but it looked like he had some kind of mechanical just before the last sector, not simply run out of gas.

 

[ggusta]

They say sports fans are prisoners of the moment, sports message board posters are prisoners of the nano-second.
In the last 3 hours ...
1 Froome would be fine and would dominate the stage
2 Froome Can’t ride a bicycle without training wheels and won’t even ride in a car without a helmet on
3 Cobbles would never be in another GT
4 Cobbles will be in every GT from now on
5 Froome is out of the tour, AC is the winner and the next 2+ weeks are academic
6 AC won’t win the tour, but a podium spot is a distinct possibility and the next 2+ weeks are still academic
Feel free to add to anything I may have forgotten my fellow bi-polar freaks.

 

[perico]

I compare Contador closely with Delgado, who in his prime could easily pull back this size of gap while holding his own in a time trial. 2:30 is not that big of a gap with the mountains ahead, and Contador is just as strong as Nibali in the TT. We'll have to wait and see, but this race is far from over.

 

[No_Balls]

They say sports fans are prisoners of the moment, sports message board posters are prisoners of the nano-second.
In the last 3 hours ...
1 Froome would be fine and would dominate the stage
2 Froome Can’t ride a bicycle without training wheels and won’t even ride in a car without a helmet on
3 Cobbles would never be in another GT
4 Cobbles will be in every GT from now on
5 Froome is out of the tour, AC is the winner and the next 2+ weeks are academic
6 AC won’t win the tour, but a podium spot is a distinct possibility and the next 2+ weeks are still academic
Feel free to add to anything I may have forgotten my fellow bi-polar freaks.

7) We should just stop. The race is over. 2:37 is unbridgeable over two weeks.

 

[Forunculo]

Contador totally a flop today. I guess a mix of fear and a bonk happened but Nibbles looks reborn and has a 2:30. To me is not the favourite right now. At least has every mountain stage to make a comeback.

 

[Ramira]

I compare Contador closely with Delgado, who in his prime could easily pull back this size of gap while holding his own in a time trial. 2:30 is not that big of a gap with the mountains ahead, and Contador is just as strong as Nibali in the TT. We'll have to wait and see, but this race is far from over.

Ehm Delgado won one tour and two vuelta's. Yes he was a magnificent climber, but he was not exactly a collector of GT's. Unless you mean that the Delgado who won the TDF in 1988 was Delgado in his prime and Contador is over his prime like Delgado from 1990 onwards when he never won another GT again.

 

[ggusta]

I'll wait for his comments, but it looked like he had some kind of mechanical just before the last sector, not simply run out of gas.

ANOTHER mechanical on the cobbles ? His weight must hamper him. A problem I would dearly like to have.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Although not a good stage per se for Contador, he must be pretty happy right now.

 

[ggusta]

7) We should just stop. The race is over. 2:37 is unbridgeable over two weeks.

another prisoner heard from !

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

If we are being serious for a second. If AC truly is in his 11/09 form he should be able to take time on Nibbles in the tt. So Nibali got just about 2 min to spare in the mountians.

 

[infeXio]

Gearing problems towards the end, according to Riis

 

[fantomas]

ANOTHER mechanical on the cobbles ? His weight must hamper him. A problem I would dearly like to have.

According to Riis he had a mechanical (the derailleur).

 

[arvc40]

Contador will have everyone in bitz by week 3. Nibali to get dropped like a hot potato.

 

[Miburo]

I'm not that worried, like many said if this is the old Contador again he should be able to still win the tour. Of course this wasn't good though.

 

[Red Rick]

Although not a good stage per se for Contador, he must be pretty happy right now

He'll be will not be happy with the result. He'll be happy it's over and he'll be happy he didn't lose 15 minutes. He might be happy that Froome abandoned but he won't admit it

I've yet to see Nibali be able to follow good Contador uphill when he goes for it.