Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Cimber]

Maybe you are right.
Attack and try to win the stage is ok even for Rogers.
But Idont agree one thing.
Alberto is not so better climber on Rogers in this Dauphine. One is diesel, one is explosive, but the result today was similar. And Rogers is 5 in GC

Its a prep race for Berti. Hé will dó what hé needs to dó in that regard. Rogers will aim for the GC and just try to hang on the skyborgs as long as hé can. Not mutual exclusive things

 

[Siriuscat]

Dauphine is in June....Tour is in July, wait and see, inclined to have a punt as well.

Bertie having a bad day on the TT is like porn for Airstream....

 

[LaFlorecita]

Dauphine is in June....Tour is in July, wait and see, inclined to have a punt as well.

Bertie having a bad day on the TT is like porn for Airstream....

Sharon

Yeah you should see him in the stage thread wtf

 

[Siriuscat]

Sharon

... xx

Yeah you should see him in the stage thread wtf

Read some of it, threw up, moved to another, Grade 1 troll

 

[Taxus4a]

We need to wait till the end of this race, and maybe Spanish championship, hard enough this year for alberto, to have more impressions, but yestarday I though his role in the Tour could be secondary, today I think he will be a main character, but...I still see the podium very difficult

 

[burning]

Bertie having a bad day on the TT is like porn for Airstream....

I am going to steal this for sig if you dont mind?

 

[LaFlorecita]

We need to wait till the end of this race, and maybe Spanish championship, hard enough this year for alberto, to have more impressions, but yestarday I though his role in the Tour could be secondary, today I think he will be a main character, but...I still see the podium very difficult

Berto will always finish on the podium bar crashes, because he's very consistent. Consistently second best climber will earn him a podium spot

Do you know more about the spanish championships?

 

[Lupetto]

Berto will always finish on the podium bar crashes, because he's very consistent. Consistently second best climber will earn him a podium spot

Do you know more about the spanish championships?

Road Race.

Time Trial

 

[burning]

Road Race.

Time Trial

Nice course for RR, it should be an interesting race

 

[LaFlorecita]

Road Race.

Time Trial

Cool, I like it, Intxausti will win I think. Just a feeling

 

[burning]

Cool, I like it, Intxausti will win I think. Just a feeling

I dont think that he wants to wear Spanish champ jersey at all

Edit: IIRC, someone posted what I have said but I could be wrong ofc

 

[Siriuscat]

I am going to steal this for sig if you dont mind?

You are more than welcome mon ami

 

[LaFlorecita]

I dont think that he wants to wear Spanish champ jersey at all

Edit: IIRC, someone posted what I have said but I could be wrong ofc

Okay, could be, I dunno

 

[Cimber]

Berto will always finish on the podium bar crashes, because he's very consistent. Consistently second best climber will earn him a podium spot

Do you know more about the spanish championships?

I actually disagree. Since 2nd means nothing for him he would rather risk it all on a gutsy early attack (alá Fuente Dé) and end up losing 30 mins than not have done everything possible

 

[LaFlorecita]

I actually disagree. Since 2nd means nothing for him he would rather risk it all on a gutsy early attack (alá Fuente Dé) and end up losing 30 mins than not have done everything possible

fair enough, I agree, but people act as if he's not good enough to finish podium.

 

[ShiPuRacKu]

I'm not sure what to think after today's stage and yesterday's tt.
It's obvious Contador isn't off form, only Froome was stronger than him today, but he's missing something. And it's not negligible.

 

[The Eggman]

Belief costs this sum of money. That's probably more profitable than betting on Froome at 1.4 to 1 or something like that.

"probably?"

BTW It's only profitable if it wins

 

[The Eggman]

Yea,odds were great,at 3.9 to 1.

Stupid bookmakers

Could have done way better than 3.90. Get on Betfair

 

[Siriuscat]

I'm not sure what to think after today's stage and yesterday's tt.
It's obvious Contador isn't off form, only Froome was stronger than him today, but he's missing something. And it's not negligible.

He's missing that last few percent of form that takes him to the next level....he has a few weeks to find it

 

[Taxus4a]

The result wasn't similar. Alberto finished in front of Rogers.

Are you having me on?
7 second is a similar result, 0 second is equal result.
One minute is a differente result

More tha one minute yesterday in the ITT is different result

 

[ShiPuRacKu]

He's missing that last few percent of form that takes him to the next level....he has a few weeks to find it

Yes, he should get to the next level, but won't with just few percent. We're talking about minutes in the tt. And I'm not buying the allergy story.

 

[Publicus]

Looking at photos from the stage, it seems to me that AC still has some weight to lose. He's not nearly as lean as I thought (or maybe it is just in comparison to Froome). Also, looking at these photos of Froome crossing the line, he reminds me of the Chicken (MR).

http://www.steephill.tv/2013/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/photos/stage-05/

 

[contessador]

Froom is not giving up that yellow jersey any time soon mighty fine.

Contador? I don't really see him as fat but if you say so.

 

[Nilsson]

Froom is not giving up that yellow jersey any time soon mighty fine.

Contador? I don't really see him as fat but if you say so.

I think he still has to lose some fat and will do so in the coming weeks. In last years Vuelta he was leaner (maybe a bit too, though). He still has some time to tweak the last percentages, so it's not completely hopeless.

I would dare to draw a comparison with 2007, where he also wasn't great in the Dauphiné. He lost over 3 minutes in the TT as well, and seemed worse in the mountains than he does now.

 

[willbick]

I think he still has to lose some fat and will do so in the coming weeks. In last years Vuelta he was leaner (maybe a bit too, though). He still has some time to tweak the last percentages, so it's not completely hopeless.

I would dare to draw a comparison with 2007, where he also wasn't great in the Dauphiné. He lost over 3 minutes in the TT as well, and seemed worse in the mountains than he does now.

i wonder how he made such a big improvement in the tour that year?