Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Energy Starr]

I'm not sure it would have changed anything, but I thought Bertie covered too many attacks today. He needs to leave the covering to the guys who want the bonus seconds.

 

[No_Balls]

Well, if this was a bad day then this is his Vuelta to lose. He didn't looked as smooth but controlled every attack (except Arus last ) effortlessly and watching the replay shows his own "attacks" with no real conviction that he would drop anyone. Better think of the bigger picture if there are uncertainity for the long run. The Vuelta is either won nor lost on this day.

*Purito feels more or less out of contention and its looking more and more as Valverde is the man to beat. Writing some off is a good thing.

*I'm hoping for the resurrection of Froome and although he fought bravely today he still looks as more or less the same since two days ago. He manage to fight his way back due to the irregular pace in the front. A little bit better Froome is good for Alberto who at the moment cant rely on a strong team putting the pressure on Valverde. Sky could do that - a shame they are too good for their captain

*Two fairly easy days now to come.

 

[LaFlorecita]

 

[trevim]

Sprint on the f**** drops!

 

[ILovecycling]

pathetic mountain sprinters murito and valverde



Alberto looks good btw

 

[peloton]

If you can understand Dutch. This is worth a read: http://www.hpdetijd.nl/2014-09-03/alberto-contador-kan-alles-echt-alles/

A short translation for those of who don't, please?
Thanks

 

[ILovecycling]

A short translation for those of who don't, please?
Thanks

yes,please

 

[LaFlorecita]

A short translation for those of who don't, please?
Thanks

yes,please

I don't think I'll be able to translate it correctly but I'll give it a try tomorrow but there are lots of things that most likely won't make sense in English

 

[kingjr]

A short translation for those of who don't, please?
Thanks

I'm not from NL but I understand it well enough to make sense of it, I'll try to translate it and 'release' it in parts.

First part:

Alberto Contador is capable of anything. Truly anything.

The man who broke his leg one month ago is at this moment about to win the Tour of Spain. The normal, not the one for the handicapped. Alberto Contador lets us dream. Even the impossible is possible.

Exactly 50 days after he broke his tibia, Contador became leader yesterday in the Vuelta - also thanks to the crash of Quintana, but anyway.
Contador originally wasn't supposed to start in Spain. And if he started, it was supposed to be about a stage win. Now he seems to be the best, in the strongest GT-field for years. Isn't tha tcrazy? Must a man not carefully prepare himself to win a big Tour? A leg certainly doesn't recover after one night's sleep?

Yes ('Jawel' in dutch, I assume it means yes it does).

 

[mihhint]

out of form is perhaps a bith harsh, but Kangert has been dropped at about the same time as Hernandez on the previous mountain stages, and Landa is perhpas somewhat more of a stagehunter this Vuelta rather than helper

Kangert was pretty hopeful prior to vuelta that he's finally in good form for first time this year, but he got sick(bronhitis and sinusitis) and said prior to TT that he is missing about 100 watts, very disappointed with his entire season. Said the entire year has been like "riding in a bubble".

 

[kingjr]

I'm not from NL but I understand it well enough to make sense of it, I'll try to translate it and 'release' it in parts.

First part:

Alberto Contador is capable of anything. Truly anything.

The man who broke his leg one month ago is at this moment about to win the Tour of Spain. The normal, not the one for the handicapped. Alberto Contador lets us dream. Even the impossible is possible.

Exactly 50 days after he broke his tibia, Contador became leader yesterday in the Vuelta - also thanks to the crash of Quintana, but anyway.
Contador originally wasn't supposed to start in Spain. And if he started, it was supposed to be about a stage win. Now he seems to be the best, in the strongest GT-field for years. Isn't tha tcrazy? Must a man not carefully prepare himself to win a big Tour? A leg certainly doesn't recover after one night's sleep?

Yes ('Jawel' in dutch, I assume it means yes it does).

Part 2:

Setback
(first sentence is hard to translate to english, but not really important so i left it out)
10 years ago he fell off his bike in the Vuelta a Asturias. A bloodclot had formed itself in his brain, which had to be removed immediately. An operation and a difficult period of recovery followed.
In his first competition since his near-death experience, in the Tour Down Under, he won a stage immediately. And when he was banned for doping for most of 2012, he won upon his return immediately the Vuelta.

That's how he rolls: what is impossible for everyone else, is daily business for him.
You have bikeracers riding into 70 meters deep ravine, miraculously escape without serious damage and afterwards get themselves back up the road with a chain of knotted spare tires.
Not Alberto: Alberto saws down a couple of trees with his hand, builds a stair with them and in this manner climbs back up to the road, only to notice that he forgot his left arm down below. Doesn't matter: Alberto continues.

 

[Afrank]

Great photo!

It also proves for me that Sagan at Tinkoff will be good. Maybe Sagan can teach him to sprint in the F$%#ING DROPS!!!

 

[kingjr]

Part 3:

There are riders who leave a competition because their wife is giving birth.
So does Alberto, even better: He pulls the child out himself, by the umbilical cord and after that rides back to the hotel.

Flat tires don't faze him at all, he only needs the rim.

Give Alberto a tricycle and he'll still finish in the Top 5 of a tough MTF. Fill up his bidon with cement and after the finish he'll tell you that he would now like to have something to drink.

Blindfold him, turn him around 10 times and then place him on the TT-Bike - and don't be surprised if he wins.

Attach a caravan to his backwheel, put the whole Rick Flens-fanclub in there and let them ride 3 weeks through Spain. At the finish Alberto will say he had the feeling his backwheel didn't turn properly and wipe a single drop of sweat off his eyebrow

 

[LaFlorecita]

Part 2:

Setback
(first sentence is hard to translate to english, but not really important so i left it out)
10 years ago he fell off his bike in the Vuelta a Asturias. A bloodclot had formed itself in his brain, which had to be removed immediately. An operation and a difficult period of recovery followed.
In his first competition since his near-death experience, in the Tour Down Under, he won a stage immediately. And when he was banned for doping for most of 2012, he won upon his return immediately the Vuelta.

That's how he rolls: what is impossible for everyone else, is daily business for him.
You have bikeracers riding into 70 meters deep ravine, miraculously escape without serious damage and afterwards get themselves back up the road with a chain of knotted spare tires.
Not Alberto: Alberto saws down a couple of trees with his hand, builds a stair with them and in this manner climbs back up to the road, only to notice that he forgot his left arm down below. Doesn't matter: Alberto continues.

Thx kingjr you're going a great job

 

[kingjr]

4th and final part:

I hear you ask, does AC never have bad legs?

Is he never tired?

Will the setbacks not be too much at one point?

So far not.

What could possibly stop him then? The sky falling on his head maybe?

Nope, cause Alberto Contador always wears a helmet

 

[Carols]

4th and final part:

I hear you ask, does AC never have bad legs?

Is he never tired?

Will the setbacks not be too much at one point?

So far not.

What could possibly stop him then? The sky falling on his head maybe?

Nope, cause Alberto Contador always wears a helmet

Bloody Awesome!!! Thanks so much for translating that was an awesome read!!!

 

[kingjr]

Bloody Awesome!!! Thanks so much for translating that was an awesome read!!!

You're welcome!

 

[contador977]

Part 3:

There are riders who leave a competition because their wife is giving birth.
So does Alberto, even better: He pulls the child out himself, by the umbilical cord and after that rides back to the hotel.

Flat tires don't faze him at all, he only needs the rim.

Give Alberto a tricycle and he'll still finish in the Top 5 of a tough MTF. Fill up his bidon with cement and after the finish he'll tell you that he would now like to have something to drink.

Blindfold him, turn him around 10 times and then place him on the TT-Bike - and don't be surprised if he wins.

Attach a caravan to his backwheel, put the whole Rick Flens-fanclub in there and let them ride 3 weeks through Spain. At the finish Alberto will say he had the feeling his backwheel didn't turn properly and wipe a single drop of sweat off his eyebrow

Contador's only rival is his shadow.

 

[peloton]

4th and final part:

I hear you ask, does AC never have bad legs?

Is he never tired?

Will the setbacks not be too much at one point?

So far not.

What could possibly stop him then? The sky falling on his head maybe?

Nope, cause Alberto Contador always wears a helmet

Absolutely brilliant, thanks so much!!
Needless to say the author is spot on

 

[Jelantik]

yes,please

and please the real translation.. not the make up one.. . (but as long as it's talking good about Bertie.. doesn't matter to me..)

 

[ferryman]

4th and final part:

I hear you ask, does AC never have bad legs?

Is he never tired?

Will the setbacks not be too much at one point?

So far not.

What could possibly stop him then? The sky falling on his head maybe?

Nope, cause Alberto Contador always wears a helmet

Indeed many thanks, but I wonder if something has been lost in translation. That seems to me (in your very good English translation) more like a tongue in cheek hatchet job on AC than a tribute.

 

[Energy Starr]

How is Contador like Chuck Norris......


He's not, Chuck Norris is like Contador.

 

[kingjr]

Indeed many thanks, but I wonder if something has been lost in translation. That seems to me (in your very good English translation) more like a tongue in cheek hatchet job on AC than a tribute.

Yeah that was I was thinking while I was doing it. It was fun to read but I wondered whether there was a bigger joke behind it that I didn't get.

 

[Jelantik]

How is Contador like Chuck Norris......


He's not, Chuck Norris is like Contador.

oh.. please don't make comparison between contador and chuck norris..

 

[LaFlorecita]

Yeah that was I was thinking while I was doing it. It was fun to read but I wondered whether there was a bigger joke behind it that I didn't get.

No there is no bigger joke behind it. I can see why it would seem that way but the author is sketching absurd situations which may seem funny, to show how crazy Alberto is