Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[airstream]

What tactics could be optimal, in your view?

 

[Miburo]

What tactics could be optimal, in your view?

Hope for rain

 

[LaFlorecita]

What tactics could be optimal, in your view?

Attack attack attack attack attack until either dies.

 

[airstream]

Attack attack attack attack attack until either dies.

It requires a limitless resource.

 

[JimPanzen]

Attack attack attack attack attack until either dies.

That probably won't work since Sky simply rides their own tempo. Repeated attacks are good when the leaders are isolated, have to react themselves and have nobody to ride tempo in pursuit.

It would be good if there's a situation where one of the favorites attacks and is joined by one or two others, then they have to cooperate to ride against the train...pretty simple

But we have to keep in mind, a three week GT is different from a one week stage race. It remains to be seen if Sky is able to dominate like that again. Last year, they weren't up against the best climbers in the TdF and in the Vuelta Froome was isolated pretty quickly.

 

[Miburo]

No Contador in CI

 

[Parrulo]

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=60343

contador out with sickness, he will stay at home and recover for pais vasco

 

[Lexman]

Contador does NOT start at the CI (Thomas Dekker won't start as well), he's too ill...

 

[LaFlorecita]

I knew it

 

[Miburo]

I knew it

You're proud of it? lol

Maybe because of this he'll do FW

 

[LaFlorecita]

You're proud of it? lol

Maybe because of this he'll do FW

no I'm not.

 

[LaFlorecita]

You're proud of it? lol

Maybe because of this he'll do FW

Why do you want him to race it so badly? Don't you trust him when he says it cannot be combined with a succesful stage race campaign? He doesn't stand a chance anyway. Just a waste of energy.

 

[Miburo]

Why do you want him to race it so badly? Don't you trust him when he says it cannot be combined with a succesful stage race campaign? He doesn't stand a chance anyway. Just a waste of energy.

he won the tour while being 3th in FW

It can be combined easily.

 

[LaFlorecita]

he won the tour while being 3th in FW

It can be combined easily.

So you don't believe him

 

[Marco Pantani]

He's ill.

He fears Andy, it seems.

That edit came fast, netserk.

 

[Miburo]

So you don't believe him

I take his interviews usually with a grant of salt.

I don't see how you can believe him. He proved that he can do it. It's maybe a bit more difficult (although i even doubt that)

 

[LaFlorecita]

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dHjysn3vtqI#!

 

[Jelantik]

ugh.. alberto will miss Crit? Dang.. I was so looking forward for this weekend since saxo looks like send their A team. So who's going to replace his place? Roger? Kreuziger? CAS?

 

[trevim]

I hope Kreuziguer riders, he looked well in Tirreno. Maybe he can get a result.

 

[pdluz7]

ugh.. alberto will miss Crit? Dang.. I was so looking forward for this weekend since saxo looks like send their A team. So who's going to replace his place? Roger? Kreuziger? CAS?

Manuele Boaro

Jonathan Cantwell

Jesús Hernández Blázquez

Jay McCarthy

Sérgio Paulinho

Michael Rogers

Rory Sutherland




Catalunia CAS

 

[LaFlorecita]

Gorla

(seeing old articles about young Alberto makes so proud )

 

[Netserk]

I miss this Alberto

(Tropea, Giro '11)

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I too miss an Alberto who can actually do something in the mountians, but I'll wait until the tour to see what kind of shape he is capable of getting into. (so far this season he has been way worse than even in the Vuelta)

 

[Miburo]

I miss this Alberto

(Tropea, Giro '11)

I never saw this picture

The end of the stage was truly awesome.

Contador said a few months ago that he hopes to have a better form in the tour this year than in that giro. I hope he'll be right

 

[Carols]

I miss this Alberto

(Tropea, Giro '11)

Me Too!!!! But age, ban and marriage seem to be taking a toll Hopefully by Le Tour he is back to old form, Hoping!