Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Taxus4a]

I think is the same Contador that make second last year in Omán.

Rui Costa is a big rider, but is not properly a climber, and Contador put to him just 3 seconds, in a climb perfect for him.

He is not obviously this man:

http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=16815

Butr of course is a good result, so congrats to him!!

 

[sittingbison]

Gentle(wo)men,
Leave doping in the clinic please

Cheers
Bison

 

[Parrulo]

I think is the same Contador that make second last year in Omán.

Rui Costa is a big rider, but is not properly a climber, and Contador put to him just 3 seconds, in a climb perfect for him.

He is not obviously this man:

http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=16815

Butr of course is a good result, so congrats to him!!

Did you just say Machado in 2010 was a better climber than current 63kg Rui Costa?

 

[Fzotrlool]

Last year it was

Froome






Quintana
Porte

Horner

Purito



Nibali
Valverde


Kreuziger

Contador.





How i think it will be this year

Froome




Contador


Quintana

Porte

Nibali
Valverde

Purito

I'm curious how an expanded version of both lists would look like. I would certainly not rule out guys like Uran, Heano, Bentancur, Mollema, Scarponi, Aru, Van Den Broeck, Basso, Tejay, Evans, Pozzovivo and Dan Martin.

 

[Netserk]

Last year it was

Froome






Quintana
Porte

Horner

Purito



Nibali
Valverde


Kreuziger

Contador.

Lol @ where you have placed Nibali. Just a tiny bit better than Valverde, and clearly worse than both Purito and Porte. Ridiculous.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Well I certainly didn't expect him to win I think the oohing and ahhing is just because most of us are excited that Contador is showing signs of life no one except Jens believes this is the return of the old Contador

Last year he was pretty good as well, though, in Oman and T-A (apart from the brutal hilly stage which took its toll on Froome as well) and in like half the key Tour stages, particularly Ventoux and the second ITT. I think some of the posters in this thread are underrating the 2013 Contador a fair bit.

Lol @ where you have placed Nibali. Just a tiny bit better than Valverde, and clearly worse than both Purito and Porte. Ridiculous.

Pretty hard to compare riders who didn't target the same GT last year, though Purito being clearly better than Nibali is not inconceivable to me - assuming this is GTs only. Purito was on fire in the Alps doing most of the pacing on Alpe d'Huez and Semnoz and posting great climbing times.

Nibali had a great season, but the Giro had a weak field, and the key mountain stages were cut short. In spite of all that, he still wasn't able to really distance Duarte, Uran and them on Tre Cime. Nibali would have lost bucket loads of time in the Alps had he done the Tour, IMO, but it's all speculation, of course.

 

[LaFlorecita]

n like half the key Tour stages,

particularly Ventoux

I'd say only the 2nd ITT and the echelon stage

 

[ILovecycling]

Last year it was

Froome






Quintana
Porte

Horner

Purito



Nibali
Valverde


Kreuziger

Contador.

Man,I know its hard to compare,but put Porte almost at the same level as Quintana is ridiculous.
Nairo beat Porte in Vasco and in TdF he was clearly better rider too.
And Nibali is way too low.

 

[gooner]

I'd say only the 2nd ITT and the echelon stage

The second TT was the only time you could say he was truly at his best.

The stage in the Dauphine where himself and Froome caught Busche coming into the finish was another one also. It's just in comparison to Froome being red hot at the time that takes the gloss off it. It was a good performance in its own right.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Nobody likes your list Hitch, now go away!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nobody likes your list Hitch, now go away!

I don't mind it why don't you try to make a list?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I don't mind it why don't you try to make a list?

okey

1. Fromme
1 and a half. Quintana



3.Jrod
4.Nibali
5.Horner
6. Porte
7. Valverde

8. AC


Quintana and Froome were miles infront of the rest in pure climbing. Froome showed some weakness in the last week on D'Huez etc, which Quintana did not, but Froome in the 1 week stageraces + Ventoux and AX-3 puts him a little bit higher over Quintana (this is last year mind you, this year I would guess Quintana to perhpas be a little bit sharper than Froome.)

The rest is up to who had a good day etc. But I would put Valverdes chances to be the lowest to drop any of the others. AC was just weak (perhpas cause he was trying to follow Froome at ocations, but the Semonz stage gives me a bad impression of his climbing last year)

 

[LaFlorecita]

Froome





Quintana


Porte



Jrod

Nibali
Papy Horner

Valverde
Kreuziger

Contador

Hmmm looks quite a bit like Hitch's list

Meanwhile vetooo has calculated Contador's power output: 6.93W/kg

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

In my case I only disliked Nibalis placing

 

[TearMeApart]

I would rate them this way

Froome

Quintana
Valverde
Contador
J.Rodriguez

Nibali and Porte are a bit weaker than 4 guys mentioned above.

 

[Netserk]

I would rate them this way

Froome

Quintana
Valverde
Contador
J.Rodriguez

Nibali and Porte are a bit weaker than 4 guys mentioned above.

Why do you think Valverde is stronger than Purito?

 

[TearMeApart]

Why do you think Valverde is stronger than Purito?

i find valverde a more stable climber

 

[kingjr]

I would rate them this way

Froome

Quintana
Valverde
Contador
J.Rodriguez

Nibali and Porte are a bit weaker than 4 guys mentioned above.

Why Froome so far above Quintana?

 

[Carols]

Last year he was pretty good as well, though, in Oman and T-A (apart from the brutal hilly stage which took its toll on Froome as well) and in like half the key Tour stages, particularly Ventoux and the second ITT. I think some of the posters in this thread are underrating the 2013 Contador a fair bit.

By the normal standards for a bike rider it was a very decent year. 95% of the peloton would be happy to have his 2013 results. Compared to the normal standards of Alberto the 5 (7) time GT winner it was abysmal.

 

[Carols]

http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php?article=718931&tm=3&layout=122&visual=61

Including a kiss from wifey after the win. Now we know why he won

 

[LaFlorecita]

http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php?article=718931&tm=3&layout=122&visual=61

Including a kiss from wifey after the win. Now we know why he won

aww adorable

 

[Taxus4a]

Maybe Contador has improved a little in ITT looking at last year.

 

[Granville57]

Is it just me, or does it appear that Alberto is wearing a bullet-proof vest under his jersey?

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

I'd say only the 2nd ITT and the echelon stage

I said "pretty good" not thermo nuclear. He shouldn't have tried to follow Froome's attack on the Ventoux, which cost him a fair bit of time, IMO, but it was a solid performance, all things considered.

His first TT was solid as well. He was only about 1 km/h slower than Kwiatkowski and Porte

By the normal standards for a bike rider it was a very decent year. 95% of the peloton would be happy to have his 2013 results. Compared to the normal standards of Alberto the 5 (7) time GT winner it was abysmal.

It's been a while since he has performed to those standards, though. 2012 Vuelta doesn't really count as that form wouldn't have been enough for a TDF podium, either.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Is it just me, or does it appear that Alberto is wearing a bullet-proof vest under his jersey?

You can never be too careful

No he is just a little fat