Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Parrulo]

Bertie knows a tiny bit of English but otherwise it is all Spanish. LaFlo will know

his english is pretty decent this days actually

 

[Zam_Olyas]

According to one poster here the reason he doesnt want to learn english properly is so that he will not be asked hard question about doping in english. wanna guess who the poster is?

 

[burning]

According to one poster here the reason he doesnt want to learn english properly is so that he will not be asked hard question about doping in english. wanna guess who the poster is?

I am really curious about the answer

 

[Netserk]

I am really curious about the answer

airstream

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I am really curious about the answer

I cannot divulge the gen because i dont have the substantiating post for corroboration and authenticating.

 

[burning]

airstream

I knew that

I cannot divulge the gen because i dont have the substantiating post for corroboration and authenticating.

I think you took the course "How to type like airstream 101"

 

[xrayvision]

Well, we shouldn't really call him out on that one should we?

I hope its not something so stupid and lame that you are insinuating doping?

 

[LaFlorecita]

I cannot divulge the gen because i dont have the substantiating post for corroboration and authenticating.

Zam

 

[Carols]

Well, we shouldn't really call him out on that one should we?

Guess you never saw Overcoming; give it a watch. Sastre didn't want to use heart rate monitor, power putout#s, etc. He was old school; all sensations; And computer 'couldn't understand me' remarks, there it is on film very reluctant to try anything scientific. Bjarne was pulling out what bits of hair he still had LOL!!!

I'm sure Alberto drives him crazy also; all that attacking. But as Bjarne says 'what can I say he is Alberto, he will attack'.

 

[Carols]

his english is pretty decent this days actually

Very rarely see a vid of him speaking English so hard to tell

 

[cineteq]

Very rarely see a vid of him speaking English so hard to tell

His English is very basic tbh. I think Sagan is going to pass him at the end of the year.

 

[King Boonen]

I hope its not something so stupid and lame that you are insinuating doping?

The opposite.

 

[King Boonen]

Guess you never saw Overcoming; give it a watch. Sastre didn't want to use heart rate monitor, power putout#s, etc. He was old school; all sensations; And computer 'couldn't understand me' remarks, there it is on film very reluctant to try anything scientific. Bjarne was pulling out what bits of hair he still had LOL!!!

I'm sure Alberto drives him crazy also; all that attacking. But as Bjarne says 'what can I say he is Alberto, he will attack'.

Sounds good, I'll try find it. I always liked Sastre, at the time I only ever really watched the Tour but I always liked to see him race.

 

[Angliru]

According to Riis, Sastre was the most difficult rider he ever worked with, lack of team spirit, hard to please, sometimes difficult to make him work and train the way Riis wanted him to etc etc, in short, Sastre was probably his own biggest enemy, and not the world around him.

EDIT: But still Riis believed he had greater potential than Sastre did himself.

Carlos, as I understand it was old school in his training habits and beliefs as are many in the pro ranks. The new technology was something he accepted but did not necessarily embrace. His supposed lack of team spirit was maybe due to his being looked over in favor of the bumbling Schleck's. A rider that rides at the service of multiple riders at the Tour for years upon years and finally when all is lost due to the tt challenged Frank and the young, having-bonked-on-a-previous-stage-and-dropped-out-of-gc-contention-Andy, pulls victory from the arms of failure with a career defining attack on one of the most storied climbs in the Tours history. I would think Riis would be trumpeting the work ethic and professionalism of the rider that gave him his first Tour win as a director sportif. I would hazard a guess that all was fine publicly in their relationship until Sastre felt he had the leverage after his Tour win to air his grievences.

Edit: Carols already summed up most of what I said.

 

[xrayvision]

The opposite.

you make no sense!

 

[Carols]

Sounds good, I'll try find it. I always liked Sastre, at the time I only ever really watched the Tour but I always liked to see him race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2UxpI9gxkk

Definitely worth a watch!

 

[infeXio]

1:14:10 and a couple of minutes ahead still gives me goosebumps.. b-e-a-utiful moment
Such memories can bring tears to my eyes

 

[RownhamHill]

His English is very basic tbh. I think Sagan is going to pass him at the end of the year.

From what I've seen (I'm thinking particularly of an interview he did in English after the Fuente De last year) Contador's English is a lot less basic than most English people's Spanish (myself included). . .

. . .una mas Cerveza, por favor.

 

[LaFlorecita]

One of my favorite Berto interviews in English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KATucvlq9c

 

[LaFlorecita]

Oh my god

 

[RownhamHill]

One of my favorite Berto interviews in English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KATucvlq9c

Yeah, that's the one I'm thinking of - based on that I don't think his English is too bad!

 

[Carols]

One of my favorite Berto interviews in English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KATucvlq9c

Wow, his English is pretty darn good!!!! Wish he would do more English interviews

 

[Parrulo]

From what I've seen (I'm thinking particularly of an interview he did in English after the Fuente De last year) Contador's English is a lot less basic than most English people's Spanish (myself included). . .

. . .una mas Cerveza, por favor.

"otra cerveza, por favor" or "una cerveza mas, por favor" would be better

i always find it hilarious when the english speaking press has a go at other people, particularly athletes who mostly drop out of school very early, for not speaking english at all or well enough when most likely they don't speak any language other then english.

for example spanish, portuguese and italians are pretty good at understanding each other and to a certain degree so are the french, yes they are all latin languages but how many anglophones understand 3/4ish saxon languages?

 

[BillytheKid]

"otra cerveza, por favor" or "una cerveza mas, por favor" would be better

i always find it hilarious when the english speaking press has a go at other people, particularly athletes who mostly drop out of school very early, for not speaking english at all or well enough when most likely they don't speak any language other then english.

for example spanish, portuguese and italians are pretty good at understanding each other and to a certain degree so are the french, yes they are all latin languages but how many anglophones understand 3/4ish saxon languages?

Horner uses the interpreter for the first two questions to be polite, but shows on third that he shows he understands what's being asked as he speaks Spanish to a degree and apparently some Italian, although his American western twine probably sounds awful to a native speaker. Funny moment from the junk food-man. http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/4102

Phinney speaks Italian well. I do agree with most of what your saying though, English became a very confused language following the Norman invasion of England. Try making sense of the spelling? Horner is from San Diego so I am not surprised he speaks Spanish, but I wager your right about the saxon languages. Ich verstehen Sie nicht?

 

[Cyivel]

So what do we think Alberto will do tomorrow, multiple attacks a la Oman or try something a bit different and attack a lot closer to the finish?

Personally I don't think he can help attacking so much and will do the same, hopefully with a different result