Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[LaFlorecita]

Not even that one second. Aerodynamics don't matter much when you're sitting in the bunch, as long as you don't get exposed to the wind you'll be dragged along in the peloton just as you would normally have done. Source = track cycling.

So I was right

Maybe to distract from the fact that his shoes don't match the team kit. I can't understand why they can't create a shoe that matches the kit of one of their highest profile riders.

That are the standard specialized shoes

 

[LaFlorecita]

When a reporter asked Contador if he's ready he instantly said "Yes".

Maybe i'm looking to much into this but the man seems to be really ready

Maybe his English just improved and his thrilled about it. That could be the reason for the shorten answering time

Ha ha Yea I think so

 

[LaFlorecita]

They're not the Spanish colors, although from far away it does look like the Spanish colors, but in fact they're the Vuelta, Tour, and Giro colors... so red, yellow, and pink... I found these two pictures of the bike...

https://vine.co/v/haKhOJ7Id5b

looks cool

 

[LaFlorecita]

this is a better helmet than those previous specialized helmet with huge vent in front of the helmet. *what was specialized thinking? it's like dragging around parachute on your head*

new helmet without the vent, think it looks better than these aero things

 

[LaFlorecita]

the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 1h
L'Equipe reports Oleg Tinkov could buy Saxo-Tinkoff team from Bjarne Riis. Meanwhile Igor Makarov watching Tour from two yachts off Corsica

[edit] Morten Risager ‏@Risager16 2m
@inrng just talked to Tinkov. He refuses a buy but claims he is considering full sponsorship of The team. #tdf [/edit]

Bernard Hinault names Alberto as the big favorite

He looks horrible probably means he's ready

Trey H. Greenwood ‏@TreyEx_SaxoTink 1h
Everyone seems to be picking Froome but I'm putting my money on @albertocontador to win the Tour! GO ALBERTO! Good luck to the whole team!

Trey H. Greenwood ‏@TreyEx_SaxoTink 1h
The new @iamspecialized S-Works Evade aero helmet is by far the best looking of the new aero lids. Looks great painted in team colors!

Even though I hate the new helmets I agree with this

Manuel Saiz Balbas ‏@Manolo_Saiz 2m
Me preguntáis mi favorito!! Sólo tengo uno Contador y varios aspirantes. Mi sueño ver a dos exONCE en podio Mucha suerte a los 22 Equipos ..

Jesus Looks like one of the guys brought his son to the team presentation

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

That's BS.

Valverde was better than Contador. He finished in front of Contador a lot and was absolutely flying up Fuente De. He would have probably won the race if he hadn't lost time early on.

That was last year though. Hopefully Contador has improved to a better level

 

[LaFlorecita]

Valverde was better than Contador. He finished in front of Contador a lot and was absolutely flying up Fuente De. He would have probably won the race if he hadn't lost time early on.

That was last year though. Hopefully Contador has improved to a better level

Valverde was in trouble lots of times. Purito and Alberto rode away from his multiple times. He only got back when they slowed again.

Finishing in front of Contador doesn't say anything because IIRC it was in sprints every time.

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 1h
L'Equipe reports Oleg Tinkov could buy Saxo-Tinkoff team from Bjarne Riis. Meanwhile Igor Makarov watching Tour from two yachts off Corsica

[edit] Morten Risager ‏@Risager16 2m
@inrng just talked to Tinkov. He refuses a buy but claims he is considering full sponsorship of The team. #tdf [/edit]

Bernard Hinault names Alberto as the big favorite

He looks horrible probably means he's ready

Trey H. Greenwood ‏@TreyEx_SaxoTink 1h
Everyone seems to be picking Froome but I'm putting my money on @albertocontador to win the Tour! GO ALBERTO! Good luck to the whole team!

Trey H. Greenwood ‏@TreyEx_SaxoTink 1h
The new @iamspecialized S-Works Evade aero helmet is by far the best looking of the new aero lids. Looks great painted in team colors!

Even though I hate the new helmets I agree with this

Manuel Saiz Balbas ‏@Manolo_Saiz 2m
Me preguntáis mi favorito!! Sólo tengo uno Contador y varios aspirantes. Mi sueño ver a dos exONCE en podio Mucha suerte a los 22 Equipos ..

Jesus Looks like one of the guys brought his son to the team presentation

He looks like a CGI character. Something odd about the pic

 

[The Hitch]

Valverde was better than Contador. He finished in front of Contador a lot and was absolutely flying up Fuente De. He would have probably won the race if he hadn't lost time early on.

That was last year though. Hopefully Contador has improved to a better level

Valverde flew up fuente de because he wheelsucked till the last climb. Either way, he struggled to stay with Contador and murito on ancares, and only stayed with them on Lagos and cuitu negru, because Contador and murito kept slowing down after dropping him.

 

[wwabbit]

In the final classification, Valverde lost a total of 1:16 to Contador, of which 51 seconds was lost to Contador on the ITT and 55 seconds on the Stage 4 crash. That means counting only MTFs and time bonuses, Valverde would be 30 seconds up on Contador. I think it is fair to say that he climbed at least as well as Contador during that Vuelta.

 

[LaFlorecita]

In the final classification, Valverde lost a total of 1:16 to Contador, of which 51 seconds was lost to Contador on the ITT and 55 seconds on the Stage 4 crash. That means counting only MTFs and time bonuses, Valverde would be 30 seconds up on Contador. I think it is fair to say that he climbed at least as well as Contador during that Vuelta.

So did you watch the vuelta?

 

[wwabbit]

So did you watch the vuelta?

Why yes I did. In fact I've watched every single MTF stage at least twice. Though I admit I'm not one of the people who watch Fuente De over and over and over again, and in sincerely apologize for that.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Why yes I did. In fact I've watched every single MTF stage at least twice. Though I admit I'm not one of the people who watch Fuente De over and over and over again, and in sincerely apologize for that.

So you must've seen Valverde in trouble on almost every mountain stage?

 

[Ryaguas]

Guys to say that Valverde was climbing better than Contador last Vuelta... I dont know why are you drunk so early in the morning hahaha

 

[SeriousSam]

I didn't exhaustively analyse the Vuelta so apologies if he question I'm asking has an obvious answer, but why did Contador and Rodriguez slow down after dropping Valverde, allowing him to rejoin them? Is there a tactical reason or could they actually just not climb at a significantly better average pace than Valverde?

 

[LaFlorecita]

I didn't exhaustively analyse the Vuelta so apologies if he question I'm asking has an obvious answer, but why did Contador and Rodriguez slow down after dropping Valverde, allowing him to rejoin them? Is there a tactical reason or could they actually just not climb at a significantly better average pace than Valverde?

Alberto was trying to drop Purito and whenever Purito got back they slowed. They were only focused on each other.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Daniel Friebe ‏@friebos 39s
Interesting from Jean-François Bernard in L'Équipe - says that Contador very popular in peloton, Sky are not & will struggle to find allies.

 

[Ryaguas]

Daniel Friebe ‏@friebos 39s
Interesting from Jean-François Bernard in L'Équipe - says that Contador very popular in peloton, Sky are not & will struggle to find allies.

I find this normal... Alberto has been gathering allies during the years and the way that he races and behaves inside the peloton is more popular than sky ways and comments, etc... I just cant stop thinking that time where Tiralongo was returning the favor to Contador in La Vuelta...

 

[The Hitch]

I didn't exhaustively analyse the Vuelta so apologies if he question I'm asking has an obvious answer, but why did Contador and Rodriguez slow down after dropping Valverde, allowing him to rejoin them? Is there a tactical reason or could they actually just not climb at a significantly better average pace than Valverde?

Same reason Schleck and Contador didnt give a **** about Sanchez and Menchov in the Pyranees in 2010. Valverde was far enough back on gc that he wasnt on their mind.

 

[The Hitch]

Daniel Friebe ‏@friebos 39s
Interesting from Jean-François Bernard in L'Équipe - says that Contador very popular in peloton, Sky are not & will struggle to find allies.

How is this not your sig yet

 

[airstream]

That's BS.

They got over the high mountains with approximately the same time (+/-10sec) I'm a bit lazy to make a precise calculation.

I don't find a trouble if a rider doesn't lose anything on a stage.

 

[LaFlorecita]

How is this not your sig yet

Haha I like my sig as it is now

 

[trevim]

Daniel Friebe ‏@friebos 39s
Interesting from Jean-François Bernard in L'Équipe - says that Contador very popular in peloton, Sky are not & will struggle to find allies.

I guess it's hard for Sky to be popular bossing the peloton around for 2 years now.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Ha ha Yea I think so

No, his English will never improve because he will never try to learn it, as he is afraid of being asked about clinic stuff by native english speaking journalist.



As someone once said

 

[LaFlorecita]

No, his English will never improve because he will never try to learn it, as he is afraid of being asked about clinic stuff by native english speaking journalist.



As someone once said

Lol