Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

Jelantik · Nov 24, 2014

LaFlorecita said:
Gasparotto joins the coffee drinking amigos

yeah i saw this on his twitter. Good thing is he starts training. For god shake, next year challenge is more than his 2014! For all the talk about AC giro-tour. I'm all for him doing that. If he won both of them, then he can die anytime and go to heaven.. *kidding* just figure speech. If he won one, he is still a legend. Even if he doesn't win either, he is still a legend. But of course I want him to win ahead of Nibali, so we can drop this discussion about Nibali kicks AC ****, or AC kicks Nibali **** (well so far GT performance AC has won it over Nibali. Of course I will bias to the latter comment

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Carols · Nov 25, 2014

Contador's Top Tips to Win the Tour de France

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/cycl...in-tour-de-france-e2DWF5IaRzWor3Iq4pYdgg.html

The man really loves his job

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ferryman · Nov 25, 2014

Carols said:
Contador's Top Tips to Win the Tour de France

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/cycl...in-tour-de-france-e2DWF5IaRzWor3Iq4pYdgg.html

The man really loves his job .

Nice Vid, nice guy. The 30K this year doesn't surprise me but I just love the fact he knows there is precisely 33 days between the end of the Giro and July. This guy has analysed everything and will be ready. May be, not enough to take on Nibali and Quintana, but he will be there as a favourite, no doubt.

LaFlorecita · Nov 25, 2014

ferryman said:
Nice Vid, nice guy. The 30K this year doesn't surprise me but I just love the fact he knows there is precisely 33 days between the end of the Giro and July. This guy has analysed everything and will be ready. May be, not enough to take on Nibali and Quintana, but he will be there as a favourite, no doubt.

Froome??

He will be a bigger favorite than Nibali and Quintana

Kwibus · Nov 25, 2014

Carols said:
Contador's Top Tips to Win the Tour de France

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/cycl...in-tour-de-france-e2DWF5IaRzWor3Iq4pYdgg.html

The man really loves his job .

Thanks for the video. Good watch.

Realistic perspective from Contador.

Kwibus · Nov 25, 2014

LaFlorecita said:
Froome??

He will be a bigger favorite than Nibali and Quintana

Obviously some people have quite different views than most other people. Naming Nibali and Quintana as Contadors biggest rivals isn't strange, unless you forget to mention Froome ofcourse

I guess he just thinks Froome won't deliver.

ILovecycling · Nov 25, 2014

When their Canaria camp takes part?
Iirc I read something about last week of November,so...

cineteq · Nov 25, 2014

Carols said:
Contador's Top Tips to Win the Tour de France

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/cycl...in-tour-de-france-e2DWF5IaRzWor3Iq4pYdgg.html

Body language speaks louder than words. 33 days. His English has improved since the last time I saw an interview with him.

Publicus · Nov 25, 2014

cineteq said:
Body language speaks louder than words. 33 days. His English has improved since the last time I saw an interview with him.

And what did his body language say to you?

cineteq · Nov 25, 2014

Publicus said:
And what did his body language say to you?

All you need to do is watch after the interviewer asks: Are you going to win the Tour de France?

Btw, can anybody tell this Bloomberg interviewer in cycling we use kilometers?

Publicus · Nov 25, 2014

cineteq said:
All you need to do is watch after the interviewer asks: Are you going to win the Tour de France?

Btw, can anybody tell this Bloomberg interviewer in cycling we use kilometers?

i've watched it. I'm asking YOU what YOU thought his body language was saying since YOU pointed it out.

LaFlorecita · Nov 25, 2014

cineteq said:
All you need to do is watch after the interviewer asks: Are you going to win the Tour de France?

Btw, can anybody tell this Bloomberg interviewer in cycling we use kilometers?

In US cycling they use miles

cineteq · Nov 25, 2014

LaFlorecita said:
In US cycling they use miles

Really? If I hadn't lived there I wouldn't have noticed...unless of course I hear first an unprepared Bloomberg interviewer.

sir fly · Nov 25, 2014

He's more confidently talking about Giro than the Tour.
Maybe he'll skip the Tour at the end, who knows.
I think he'll wait to see how his and his rivals' seasons develop and make the final decision.

Looks like he's realized winning the double is more difficult than he thought it is.

The fridge in the blue trees · Nov 25, 2014

No, he won't skip the Tour. He'll try Giro-Tour. Right decision. And he certainly doesn't think it's easy.

LaFlorecita · Nov 25, 2014

cineteq said:
Really? If I hadn't lived there I wouldn't have noticed...unless of course I hear first an unprepared Bloomberg interviewer.

If you watch US race live streams you would have noticed

LaFlorecita · Nov 25, 2014

sir fly said:
He's more confidently talking about Giro than the Tour.
Maybe he'll skip the Tour at the end, who knows.
I think he'll wait to see how his and his rivals' seasons develop and make the final decision.

Looks like he's realized winning the double is more difficult than he thought it is.

Yeah, first he thought the double would be easy peasy

Miburo · Nov 25, 2014

sir fly said:
He's more confidently talking about Giro than the Tour.
Maybe he'll skip the Tour at the end, who knows.
I think he'll wait to see how his and his rivals' seasons develop and make the final decision.

Looks like he's realized winning the double is more difficult than he thought it is.

I guess the skyfans still don't realise pro cycling existed before 2012. You can at least do an effort and look at 2011. It will reveal some very interesting info. You can do it skyfan, i believe in you.

sir fly · Nov 25, 2014

Miburo said:
I guess the skyfans still don't realise pro cycling existed before 2012. You can at least do an effort and look at 2011. It will reveal some very interesting info. You can do it skyfan, i believe in you.

Your shrewdness is astonishing.

Miburo · Nov 25, 2014

sir fly said:
Your shrewdness is astonishing.

You looked it up? Don't have to go to a library, google can help you a lot.

sir fly · Nov 25, 2014

Miburo said:
You looked it up? Don't have to go to a library, google can help you a lot.

And it keeps delivering.

Jelantik · Nov 25, 2014

cineteq said:
All you need to do is watch after the interviewer asks: Are you going to win the Tour de France?

Btw, can anybody tell this Bloomberg interviewer in cycling we use kilometers?

hmm.. i watched this video several times. There's nothing wrong with his body language and his answers. The question is are you going to win TDF? his answer is spot on. He will try. No one can say .. yes, i will. (well, that's kind of arrogant answer isn't it?) He is then elaborate the fact that he only has 33 days after the Giro. And that's not enough. All I heard from his interview is ... what he said is fact. The odd to win it is against him, that's the fact. So he does answers to the question how most people will answer when you are asked that type of question. Does he mean that he can't win it? No one can say that either. Based on fact and history is tough to win double. But that's what challenge means. You have the risk to fail but the reward are worthy.

If I were him, I would say the same thing. Because there's no way you can answer it: Yes, I will win it. Even someone like Froome, Nibali, Quintana who aren't going to Giro, I bet none of them will answer that question with a sure answer. Nibali has said he is going to defend his TDF. Does it mean he is saying he will win it? No. But that's what he wants to do. Same with Contador. He said I will try to win it.

And for me, as long as he has the motivation and he is going to try, I know the road will decide if he can do it. If anyone can do it, then it is Contador.

it's a nice interview.

as far as miles, in the US we use miles. I put my Garmin cycling computer in miles instead of km (even though my native country uses km). Because all the measurement here is in miles. Making my bike computer in km, give me headache since I don't have a concept of how far is 1km. But I do know how far is a mile. That might be the reason why the bloomberg guy might have said 'how many miles'. Because it's natural to him. just my opionion.

Angliru · Nov 25, 2014

Jelantik said:
hmm.. i watched this video several times. There's nothing wrong with his body language and his answers. The question is are you going to win TDF? his answer is spot on. He will try. No one can say .. yes, i will. (well, that's kind of arrogant answer isn't it?) He is then elaborate the fact that he only has 33 days after the Giro. And that's not enough. All I heard from his interview is ... what he said is fact. The odd to win it is against him, that's the fact. So he does answers to the question how most people will answer when you are asked that type of question. Does he mean that he can't win it? No one can say that either. Based on fact and history is tough to win double. But that's what challenge means. You have the risk to fail but the reward are worthy.

If I were him, I would say the same thing. Because there's no way you can answer it: Yes, I will win it. Even someone like Froome, Nibali, Quintana who aren't going to Giro, I bet none of them will answer that question with a sure answer. Nibali has said he is going to defend his TDF. Does it mean he is saying he will win it? No. But that's what he wants to do. Same with Contador. He said I will try to win it.

And for me, as long as he has the motivation and he is going to try, I know the road will decide if he can do it. If anyone can do it, then it is Contador.

it's a nice interview.

as far as miles, in the US we use miles. I put my Garmin cycling computer in miles instead of km (even though my native country uses km). Because all the measurement here is in miles. Making my bike computer in km, give me headache since I don't have a concept of how far is 1km. But I do know how far is a mile. That might be the reason why the bloomberg guy might have said 'how many miles'. Because it's natural to him. just my opionion.

Exactly. How many contenders go into a grand tour stating that they are going to win?

And to the sentence in bold, you really shouldn't even have to explain that but considering who you're responding to I'm not surprised.

LaFlorecita · Nov 25, 2014

Long post... part 1

... but I created a list of youtube videos of Alberto's career highlights

some highlights are not on the list because there are no youtube videos available (or at least I couldn't find them)

so if you're feeling bored you can check some of them out

2004
5th place prologue Paris – Nice (note how the commentator butchers his name – and Rebellin’s for that matter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rPAIuFaSHQ

2005
1st place stage 3 Setmana Catalana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTtrUjWvAJE
Stage 4 Setmana Catalana – young Alberto in the leader’s jersey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHhlMZTpSys
4th place stage 5 (ITT) Setmana Catalana and he wins the overall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfxjpbdGBko
1st place stage 5 Tour Down Under
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2C19ViJVaA
7th place Paris-Nice stage 7 – Alberto attacking with Vino chasing

and near-crash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSBhkF9MzYc
bit longer vid but worse quality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efK-DYuv7fs
1st place Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage 5b (ITT) Alberto finishes at around 49 minutes in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSSJwiag4Uw

2006
1st place Tour de Romandie stage 6 and leader’s jersey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpkpbggZesk
1st place Tour de Suisse stage 8 after a long solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNV4JobpDuk

2007
1st place Paris-Nice stage 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-fOWFgJmsA
1st place Paris-nice stage 7 and overall win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0BBhTs0_DU
4th place Tour de France stage 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx3s5E40wQ0
6th place Tour de France stage 13 (ITT) Alberto finishes at around 1hr 6 minutes in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1tlnYzFnSI
1st place Tour de France stage 14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWPbR0KupnU
9th place Tour de France stage 15 – attack attack attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FRX-FuUvPg
3rd place Tour de France stage 16 – Bottle Backstab

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFViByiv7q4
5th place Tour de France stage 19 (ITT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qwtHlc8xiI

2008
1st place stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (ITT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZqz452ao1E
1st place stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulMeOr8jICA
1st place stage 1 Vuelta al Pais Vasco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N48_m_GjbuU
6th place Giro d’Italia stage 15 (takes leader’s jersey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIUxDXGFNr8
4th place Giro d’Italia stage 16 (MTT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggRlbdKM5h0
4th place Vuelta a España stage 5 (ITT) – Alberto finishes around 9’30”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGVhBvnbK-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvSpVE3W7ZY (Part 1, Alberto starts around 2’45”)
3rd place Vuelta a España stage 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8cpooYJY4w
3rd place Vuelta a España stage 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLmMdAXlTB8
1st place Vuelta a España stage 13 (Angliru)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afFI4alhJQc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWxdUWUFprw (1 hour but bad quality)
1st place Vuelta a España stage 14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPbIvTgV6Rs
2nd place Vuelta a España stage 20 (MTT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbt-vc4EdAA (Alberto starts around 15’45”)

2009
2nd place Volta ao Algarve stage 3 – outsprinted by Colom!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK5bKrDSZ4c
1st place Volta ao Algarve stage 4 (ITT) – Alberto grabs the overall win too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMfmx_LJiEg
1st place Paris-Nice stage 1 (ITT) – Alberto beats Wiggins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAV2ZK_BlU
1st place Paris-Nice stage 6 – domination :O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0YmrXTC1b0
2nd place Paris-Nice stage 8 – bonk on stage 7 but Alberto goes for it again on stage 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPzhoWpdBZk
1st place Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8F2ycQvAkI
1st place Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage 6 (ITT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Mhkhn0mKA
2nd place Dauphiné Libéré stage 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab_FL4O0XWQ
8th place Dauphiné Libéré stage 5 – toying with Cuddles

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBNFUNF2QQs
2nd place Tour de France stage 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Q0NNFz4hE

LaFlorecita · Nov 25, 2014

part 2

2011
3rd place Volta ao Algarve stage 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAPt6WLYmvQ
1st place Vuelta a Murcia stage 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0jm3zrgAGE
1st place Vuelta a Murcia stage 3 (ITT) ? very short clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10Ve9j3Cdh8
1st place Volta a Catalunya stage 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpSwHduj-Bc
1st place Vuelta a Castilla y Leon stage 4 (ITT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCrP6itqfC8
2nd place Giro d?Italia stage 8 - Tropea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aAgRR_IRSE
1st place Giro d?Italia stage 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRwxWufmQc
2nd place Giro d?Italia stage 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG2wOaKFip8
2nd place Giro d?Italia stage 14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvg8AzVUPEk (part 1/2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TEFvTOM-Ho (part 2/2)
3rd place Giro d?Italia stage 15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC4dfc-mub8
1st place Giro d?Italia stage 16 (MTT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxWXSiXUqvw Alberto starts around 58?30?
2nd place Giro d?Italia stage 19 ? Tiralongo gift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5B5jOIRAT0
8th place Giro d?Italia stage 20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHJBb2nqyNg
3rd place Giro d?Italia stage 21 (ITT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX9p0jx9jKw
2nd place Tour de France stage 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBE4FfoYUuQ
8th place Tour de France stage 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9phURo4ao
12th place Tour de France stage 16 ? Gap descent stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyv4u4kLwU4
22nd place Tour de France stage 17 ? Pinerolo descent stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DtIG87eSpY
3rd place Tour de France stage 19 ? attack with 90k to go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAizXzkTDI
3rd place Tour de France stage 20 (ITT) ? Alberto starts around 1h43?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a11Q65pUb0g

2012
1st place Tour de San Luis stage 3 ? beating Leechheimer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDLULgMnIFA
1st place Tour de San Luis stage 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSryVQIcZro
8th place Eneco Tour stage 7 ? look at him go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Pd_zxZyTU
4th place Vuelta a España stage 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTGiMx-phyI
3rd place Vuelta a España stage 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIk1F92KVEE
2nd place Vuelta a España stage 11 (ITT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivULOZJJk7A
2nd place Vuelta a España stage 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZp1-hlxAEQ
2nd place Vuelta a España stage 14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vLrrPkMVs8
13th place Vuelta a España stage 15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRSwTdm6aSs
4th place Vuelta a España stage 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUflMxrS5Yg
1st place Vuelta a España stage 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxyMLK4TwNs
12th place Vuelta a España stage 20 ? very stressful but Alberto holds on to the lead :O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAzVQ36aL6s
1st place Milano-Torino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LxNlLMQTvU

2013
1st place Tour de San Luis stage 6 ? Berto?s only win this season :c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgUrp-gnfSs
4th place Tour of Oman stage 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flys5ZiynLE
4th place Tour of Oman stage 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecJRZeyCg2o
2nd place Tour of Oman stage 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLwFFR90jKo
6th place Tirreno-Adriatico stage 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-vm3frG9tI
3rd place Tirreno-Adriatico stage 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wngMck6H3Z0
3rd place Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFmquhjWTTE
3rd place Klasika Primavera de Amorebieta ? ack caught with 50m to go :O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATsfHPcwk_8
2nd place Critérium du Dauphiné stage 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWxbGzdVVfk
14th place Criterium du Dauphiné stage 8 ? Alberto attacks then drops back to help Mick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvWZRGc-PE
7th place Tour de France stage 13 ? echelon stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrMTYEYacOQ
2nd place Tour de France stage 17 (ITT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l9gmCd7W0U

2014
3rd place Volta ao Algarve stage 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB2ViSIUBP4
4th place Volta ao Algarve stage 3 (ITT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn4X5ydNjOs
1st place Volta ao Algarve stage 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BLj_eeXDKg
1st place Tirreno-Adriatico stage 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL74tbn76Qo
1st place Tirreno-Adriatico stage 5 ? Lanciano raid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSNkdJl33M0
2nd place Volta a Catalunya stage 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cnyffBW1nw
3rd place Volta a Catalunya stage 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FHGRh14--E
6th place Volta a Catalunya stage 5 ? sprinter Alberto

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