Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[BlurryVII]

2 days remaining! What a champ.

 

[Jack_89]

I hope tonorrow he's going to the.win.
No calculations , no control

 

[kingjr]

I hope tonorrow he's going to the.win.
No calculations , no control

No gifts

 

[SeriousSam]

&#8220] If anybody’s on the way down and anybody else is on the way up....”[/B]

Ominous words that have me slightly concerned.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I hope tonorrow he's going to the.win.
No calculations , no control

Yes I hope so too

 

[jens_attacks]

Ominous words that have me slightly concerned.

motherf***** and i imagine him saying that with his big evil grim

nah, alberto has everything under control

 

[SeriousSam]

motherf***** and i imagine him saying that with his big evil grim

nah, alberto has everything under control

He does look like a classical British villain

 

[BlurryVII]

I hope tonorrow he's going to the.win.
No calculations , no control

No mercy.
I hope he won't gift anything to Froome. Even if he clearly let Froome win, some people will come up and say "ooh but Froome was the strongest" "oh he would've never dropped him anyway", I hope he'll attack him, so there won't be any confusion.
Why not get 2 stage wins instead of one? I'd like to see him winning more stages, he has been taking it easy in defensive mode in past GT's once he got the leader's jersey.

 

[BlurryVII]

There we go, Contador is in the provisional list for the WChampionships and according to martin meyers (working at Saxo) he is up to race Milano Torino and Giro di Lombardia.

 

[LaFlorecita]

There we go, Contador is in the provisional list for the WChampionships and according to martin meyers (working at Saxo) he is up to race Milano Torino and Giro di Lombardia.

& .... Beijing

 

[Carols]

& .... Beijing

OMG Not Beijing please.......he'll be eating tuna out of a can the entire race

 

[No_Balls]

2 days remaining! What a champ.

Great composition of photos there. Its seems as for every setbacks in his career (well, at least for the last two years) he comes back to La Vuelta and collecting good memories again. Vuelta has become something of his therapy

Lets hope these two day proves it to be so. But he looks in total control.

 

[trevim]

I hope he hangs on tomorrow but I would have taken any top10 spot at the start of the Vuelta so vamos Alberto!

 

[Jelantik]

i think Brailsford has been crunching numbers all night long in the past of 19 day. And based on Froome's number over the last stage. He believed that his scientific calculation will bring Froome to shave down 1 minutes from contador tomorrow *with sarcastic smile*

Does contador form go down? hmm.. we'll see. The tactic might be simple. Follow Froome. But the leg has to follow that. I hope contador's leg won't fail him. Froome has been knocking on the door for stage win. He is due to finally break through. I just hope it won't be tomorrow. Ah suspense... is killing me

 

[Red Rick]

Imagine how tomorrow will be for Riis:

"No Alberto, don't react to De Marchi"
"No Alberto, let Dan Martin attack if he wants"
"No Alberto, let Betancur attack if he wants"
"Just sit on Froome's wheel, and Purito him in the end"

 

[jyhjyh]

There we go, Contador is in the provisional list for the WChampionships and according to martin meyers (working at Saxo) he is up to race Milano Torino and Giro di Lombardia.

Where did you read that?

 

[Jelantik]

I think you are right - and:

Valverde is 55 points ahead of Contador in the UCI World Tour.
If Valververde wins 2. spot on the podium and Contador wins, Valverde will still be ahead of Contador.
Anything less than 2. spot for Valverde will have Contador as nr. 1.

So it's better for Contador that Froome wins the 2. spot on the podium

well first valverde has to leap frog froome, which is quite unlikely. He lost his changes to burry chris when he refused to work together and instead opted to chase bonus point by winning the stage.

second, contador has to fend off chris first. Now this one, is still question mark. His interview didn't reveal anything other than I hope he isn't fading out now when it's crunched time. Of course I would love him to stomp his authority on everyone including froome by attacking and come first to the finish line.

 

[jyhjyh]

OMG Not Beijing please.......he'll be eating tuna out of a can the entire race

I wish Tinkoff-Saxo would boycut Beijing.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Imagine how tomorrow will be for Riis:

"No Alberto, don't react to De Marchi"
"No Alberto, let Dan Martin attack if he wants"
"No Alberto, let Betancur attack if he wants"
"Just sit on Froome's wheel, and Purito him in the end"

Not sure if Froome will ride to the finish with Alberto on his wheel again. It's now not him vs Valverde, but him vs Alberto

 

[Carols]

I wish Tinkoff-Saxo would boycut Beijing.

It's WT they have to go . The entire peloton should refuse to go!

 

[Carols]

Not sure if Froome will ride to the finish with Alberto on his wheel again. It's now not him vs Valverde, but him vs Alberto

Well the only way to get rid of him is to drop him. Hopefully he can't do that

 

[LaFlorecita]

Well the only way to get rid of him is to drop him. Hopefully he can't do that

What I meant is that Froome might not be so eager to ride away from Valverde and Rodriguez again, so Alberto might have to drop them all which could be a problem.

 

[DFA123]

What I meant is that Froome might not be so eager to ride away from Valverde and Rodriguez again, so Alberto might have to drop them all which could be a problem.

I think Contador will only be concered about Froome tomorrow. He might let attacks by Valverde and Rodriguez go in the unlikely event they try anything outside the last 2km. Contador doesn't need to drop anyone.

 

[Carols]

What I meant is that Froome might not be so eager to ride away from Valverde and Rodriguez again, so Alberto might have to drop them all which could be a problem.

Oh I see. Well Froome is supposed to be in it for the win, not giving up and settling for second. So he has to drop them all and Alberto need only follow. If he doesn't well then Alberto really only needs to follow Bala and Jrod.

Alberto doesn't have to drop anyone unless he wants the stage win. So he need only do a Purito on them. Stop with the accelerations and ride them in until the final KM. If he feels really good of course he can go sooner .

 

[LaFlorecita]

I think Contador will only be concered about Froome tomorrow. He might let attacks by Valverde and Rodriguez go in the unlikely event they try anything outside the last 2km. Contador doesn't need to drop anyone.

I know, but he has to drop them to win the stage, which is what my post was about.