Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[The Hitch]

damn did airstream kidnap alberto?

Judging from the terror on his face it was probably La Florecita

 

[LaFlorecita]

Omg I hope they put it online

 

[LaFlorecita]

Judging from the terror on his face it was probably La Florecita

Airstream was the one talking about killing Alberto

 

[airstream]

Do not overpaint. I was calling to using a man who could scare Сontador properly in case his naughty hands again will stretch to BB's. But I don't know. Probably, french prison is a place he's gonna prepare for himself.

 

[LaFlorecita]

On facebook

Also nice video

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151306945173336

 

[ILovecycling]

@La Flo
Now you are a worldclass celebrity

 

[Afrank]

Must need the money.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contador-to-star-in-television-series

 

[LaFlorecita]

@La Flo
Now you are a worldclass celebrity

Yes And hopefully Alberto will know I exist

 

[LaFlorecita]

Must need the money.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contador-to-star-in-television-series

Pff old news, I was talking about this ages ago:

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showpost.php?p=1047675&postcount=3391

 

[Afrank]

Pff old news, I was talking about this ages ago:

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showpost.php?p=1047675&postcount=3391

The article just appeared on cyclingnews today, so I thought I might as well post it.

 

[LaFlorecita]

The article just appeared on cyclingnews today, so I thought I might as well post it.

It's ok

 

[LaFlorecita]

Team Specialized-Fundación Alberto Contador

http://albertocontador.org/fundacio...uipo-junior-de-la-fundacion-alberto-contador/

Too awesome

Director will be José Luis de Santos the coach of the Spanish national team

José Luis de Santos estará al frente de un grupo de no más de 15 jóvenes, de los cuales ya están confirmados los siguientes: Óscar Linares, Pablo Noriega, Juanjo Pazos, Francisco Pérez, y Sergio Fernández (Cantabria), Cristian Torres (Alicante), Enric Mas (Baleares), Álvaro Cuadros (Andalucía), Miguel Ángel Ballesteros (Murcia), Miguel Ángel Alcaide (Castilla La Mancha), Diego Pablo Sevilla y Víctor Aguado (Madrid) y Fernando Barceló (Aragón).

Up to 15 young riders in the team

 

[Netserk]

http://www.esciclismo.com/ampliada.asp?Id=23877&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Too awesome

Director will be José Luis de Santos the coach of the Spanish national team



Up to 15 young riders in the team

An U-23 team sponsored by Contador?

 

[LaFlorecita]

There is also an English version but automatically translated

http://albertocontador.org/fundacio...uipo-junior-de-la-fundacion-alberto-contador/

The idea of the Foundation has materialized thanks to the personal commitment of Alberto Contador, who thus wants offer to a new generation of cyclists the opportunity to have the best means available, without forgetting their education, key in this category, between 17 and 18 years old. “We are thrilled with this project”, says Alberto Contador, “because we are working for the future of our sport, which is something we love. We want to support the quarry cyclist in a particularly difficult time in which many teams and many races are disappearing”.

 

[LaFlorecita]

An U-23 team sponsored by Contador?

Apparently it was Alberto's idea and he approached José Luis de Santos. A lot of sponsors of Saxo will also sponsor this team, I don't know if it's U23 apparently it's especially for 17-18 year old riders

 

[ILovecycling]

An U-23 team sponsored by Contador?

No,its junior team,but U23 will be from 2014

 

[sacrifice&hardwork]

That is very cool and awesome to hear!

And yes, the junior team for 2013 and a male U-23 team for 2014 and probably another one for females as well

 

[LaFlorecita]

No,its junior team,but U23 will be from 2014

That is very cool and awesome to hear!

And yes, the junior team for 2013 and a male U-23 team for 2014 and probably another one for females as well

Thank you Nice, nice

 

[sacrifice&hardwork]

It appears that Contador will only ride the 2013 Florence WC, if he rides the Vuelta. If not, he will wait till the 2014 Ponferrada WC. Hasn't the latter one been determined as not being too challenging for a rider like him? Meaning, it's not as difficult as expected for him to have a change of winning it in 2014? Which of the two is a better option for him? Just curious

P. Dicen que el Mundial de Italia, en Florencia y La Toscana, será duro, incluso muy duro. ¿Será un objetivo o se reservará para el de Ponferrada?

R. Dependerá de si corro o no la Vuelta a España, porque si no hago la Vuelta tampoco disputaré el Mundial de Italia. Los esfuerzos hay que medirlos y asimilarlos bien y sé que, si no corro el Mundial de La Toscana, el de Ponferrada se puede adaptar muy bien a mis características.

Source: http://www.marca.com/2012/10/31/ciclismo/1351710432.html#comentarios

 

[LaFlorecita]

It appears that Contador will only ride the 2013 Florence WC, if he rides the Vuelta. If not, he will wait till the 2014 Ponferrada WC. Hasn't the latter one been determined as not being too challenging for a rider like him? Meaning, it's not as difficult as expected for him to have a change of winning it in 2014? Which of the two is a better option for him? Just curious

Ponferrada tt course is 30 km flat, then a 8 km mountain, the rr course isn't that challenging, not high mountain stuff. I think next year's RR course is better for him because it's harder.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Alberto Contador ‏@albertocontador
Today I played padel in the morning... Definitely cycling is my task

 

[jyhjyh]

Padel

I had never heard anything about padel before and I'm a big tennisfan.
Seems to be a mix of squash and tennis.

Nice to see Alberto relaxing

 

[LaFlorecita]

I had never heard anything about padel before and I'm a big tennisfan.
Seems to be a mix of squash and tennis.

Nice to see Alberto relaxing

Yeah it is a mix, it is very popular in Spain and Latin America

 

[Dedelou]

Yeah it is a mix, it is very popular in Spain and Latin America

I think the "raquet" is solid unlike tennis or squash that uses strings. I remember something called "Palla"

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

It appears that Contador will only ride the 2013 Florence WC, if he rides the Vuelta. If not, he will wait till the 2014 Ponferrada WC. Hasn't the latter one been determined as not being too challenging for a rider like him? Meaning, it's not as difficult as expected for him to have a change of winning it in 2014? Which of the two is a better option for him? Just curious

There's no way Contador will ride the Tour and the Vuelta next year. So I guess this is his way of saying that he has no plans to ride the 2013 WC. No surprise really.