Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[LaFlorecita]

Is an abandon so hard to digest that you automatically start hating the rider who in the end won the race?

Lol at you thinking I only dislike him since this summer

 

[LaFlorecita]

lol nibali is the last one who should talk this ****

+1, indeedo

 

[PirazziAttacksVino]

Lol at you thinking I only dislike him since this summer

This may be legit, although I personally can't think of anything to dislike about the guy. For me he's the kind of rider who you either like or don't care about.

 

[Red Rick]

That talk of the wife of the *** is always pregnant was pretty full of **** though. Don't remember the exact quote

 

[Netserk]

Mother of the imbecile.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

How does Nibbles explain away the fact that Froome finished 3 minutes ahead of him in 2012 when he was riding as Wiggins' domestique.

 

[Flamin]

Ppl automatically believing everything they read on the internet

 

[Red Rick]

Mother of the imbecile.

That's the one

 

[greenedge]

I'll have to disagree on that one. Designated leader or not, Nairo wouldn't have won. He wouldn't have followed Froome on AX 3 (without attacking on paillere) just like he couldn't on Ventoux. And he lost way too much time on the windy Mont saint michel TT to be able to keep hoping.
AC was bad all season because of the messed up winter and racing schedule, never peaked, and couldn't do anything about it anyway.

For the Quintana bit I agree about the ITT. However he might have followed Froome on AX3 and on Ventoux he had attacked before Froome did, probably trying to secure a podium spot then instead of attacking Froome.

With AC- I completely agree- if he'd peaked too early he would have had good form on AX3 and for his standards he did not.

 

[Dr. Juice]

For the Quintana bit I agree about the ITT. However he might have followed Froome on AX3 and on Ventoux he had attacked before Froome did, probably trying to secure a podium spot then instead of attacking Froome.

With AC- I completely agree- if he'd peaked too early he would have had good form on AX3 and for his standards he did not.

He never peaked - that means he was never at 100 % during the season. But I had the feeling he was at 80-85 % during Dauphiné, he was only beaten by Froome by 4 seconds in Valmorel. Clearly ahead of the other competitors. In the Tour he climbed with Nieve and Fuglsang

Normally his form should progress and he should have been at least on Rodriguez level in the Tour. But somehow he was atrocious. He said the allergy was horrible and he already felt bad in Corsica. Difficult to explain. Surely he started the season too early and didn't have the baseline to be on top of the form. But the Tour was really....weird.

 

[Rollthedice]

How does Nibbles explain away the fact that Froome finished 3 minutes ahead of him in 2012 when he was riding as Wiggins' domestique.

Maybe because he put 3:54 into Nibali in time trialing? That was the time Froome was smashing Cancellara.

 

[Jazasz]

You could also say lots of factors aligned perfectly for Nibali last Tour.

I would say just two two factors aligned for Nibali. His competition and the pavement.

 

[Carols]

How did this thread get to be about Nibali? He has his own thread.

Meanwhile Alberto is resting and contemplating Mount Kili .

 

[BlurryVII]

Maybe because he put 3:54 into Nibali in time trialing? That was the time Froome was smashing Cancellara.

Doesn't matter how much time he did put into Nibali in TT, VN was dropped in every MTF and CF didn't go full out once in the mountains because of Wiggo.
TT or not, CF was much better than VN without teammates.

Nibali is just being spiteful here, after the " I beat them (AC & CF) almost in every race last year (2013 )) " Which once again, is completely false.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

Maybe because he put 3:54 into Nibali in time trialing? That was the time Froome was smashing Cancellara.

aye, but this is in context of Nibali saying Froome only won because he had a strong team. Froome beat Nibali very handily when he was riding for someone else. I'm no fan of Froome but I think Nibali is wrong to suggest the Froome only won in 2013 because of a strong team.

 

[damian13ster]

Of course he was wrong. Froome was pretty much unbeatable in Tour 2013. Its just a cheap shot, creating tensions and something for media to write about during the off-season. Wouldnt read too much into it

 

[ferryman]

Take the Nibs/Froome talk to the Nibs/Froome threads folks. This is a Contador thread...cheers

 

[sir fly]

If there's no Nibs/Froome discussion in the Alberto Contador thread, there's nothing to talk about for days.
Splendid!

 

[LaFlorecita]

If there's no Nibs/Froome discussion in the Alberto Contador thread, there's nothing to talk about for days.
Splendid!

Because there has not been any news about Alberto for a few days

 

[The Hitch]

Maybe because he put 3:54 into Nibali in time trialing? That was the time Froome was smashing Cancellara.

He also beat Nibali in the mountains.

Nibali is talking out of his *** if he thinks he has ever come close to the form Froome showed in 2012 and 2013.

 

[Publicus]

So now that it seems pretty certain that Roman is going on a two-year vacation (see his lawyer's tired/pathetic commentary in the front page article), who on the team steps up to be his top lieutenant? Or do they need to consider picking someone up on the transfer market? Who's still available that could play that role?

 

[LaFlorecita]

So now that it seems pretty certain that Roman is going on a two-year vacation (see his lawyer's tired/pathetic commentary in the front page article), who on the team steps up to be his top lieutenant? Or do they need to consider picking someone up on the transfer market? Who's still available that could play that role?

there's no one left. Perhaps they could sign Santambrogio

 

[inri2000]

So now that it seems pretty certain that Roman is going on a two-year vacation (see his lawyer's tired/pathetic commentary in the front page article), who on the team steps up to be his top lieutenant? Or do they need to consider picking someone up on the transfer market? Who's still available that could play that role?

Clearly Majka, shouldn't be a debate at all.

 

[Dr. Juice]

there's no one left. Perhaps they could sign Santambrogio

Better would be Riccardo Riccò in disguise with a false identity. Like Frank Vandenbroucke going to amateur races giving himself the name "Francesco Del Ponte" which translated means Frank Vandenbroucke.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Clearly Majka, shouldn't be a debate at all.

I don't think Majka will be eager to bury himself for Alberto in both il Giro and TDF