Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[BYOP88]

Bertie thinking "damnit Bjarne buy me some better domestiques pronto"

Little did he know this guy would be in the top 5 climbers of the world 2 years later.

Richie Porte is in the top 3

1)Froome


2)Horner
3)Porte

BTW how small is Porte?

 

[arvc40]

Contador will be fully recovered from TA and ride very well this week. Just a question of who's the strongest out of him an Froome.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Richie Porte is in the top 3

1)Froome


2)Horner
3)Porte

BTW how small is Porte?

Porte is 1.72 according to the Team Sky website, makes you think just how tall is Bertie

 

[Beech Mtn]

I can't believe we are back to the "Berto is old" storyline again. Have a little faith, peeps. It ain't time to be doubting him just yet.

His every word and action is fodder for either raising expectations to the heavens or losing all hope. It must be stressful as hell being AC with all the pressure on him from fans, let alone that Russian tyrant.

Porte's head is really big for his body.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I can't believe we are back to the "Berto is old" storyline again. Have a little faith, peeps. It ain't time to be doubting him just yet.

Well he is old

Porte's head is really big for his body.

And it's gotten even bigger since

 

[the sceptic]

At least he won Tirreno now I'm just hoping for an OK performance in la Volta

if by ok you mean not getting dropped repeatedly by Dawg and/or losing 30+ seconds on a mtf then I agree.

It wouldnt bother me too much if he loses to Dawg in the GC, as long as he doesnt get embarrassed.

 

[LaFlorecita]

if by ok you mean not getting dropped repeatedly by Dawg and/or losing 30+ seconds on a mtf then I agree.

It wouldnt bother me too much if he loses to Dawg in the GC, as long as he doesnt get embarrassed.

Yep that's what I meant.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Well he is old

So: you have now admitted to having photos of an old man in his underwear on your computer. Interesting

(Got similar pix too for Jens Voigt and Chris Horner?)

 

[BYOP88]

So: you have now admitted to having photos of an old man in his underwear on your computer. Interesting

(Got similar pix too for Jens Voigt and Chris Horner?)

She has pics of all the peloton in their underwear on her computer. If they don't agree to it, Flo emails the UCI.

 

[LaFlorecita]

So: you have now admitted to having photos of an old man in his underwear on your computer. Interesting

(Got similar pix too for Jens Voigt and Chris Horner?)

Nope, sorry, you'll have to find them yourself

I do have a short clip of Bertie changing on live TV last week camera man fail

 

[peloton]

Porte is 1.72 according to the Team Sky website, makes you think just how tall is Bertie

1.72? Wow

That would make Contador close to 1.90 and he is just above 1.70

 

[Fzotrlool]

Bertie is 1.76-77 (I think), but he looks more like 1.88-89 in that picture.

 

[BYOP88]

There's no way that Porte is 1.72 if Contador is 1.76

 

[Jelantik]

Not bad muscle huh? Starting to look like his 2011 giro leg

 

[LaFlorecita]

Not bad muscle huh? Starting to look like his 2011 giro leg

Scary

Although....

 

[Miburo]

Based on the 2 latest posted pictures Contador looks way skinnier now, hard to judge obviously but i got that impression.

 

[LaFlorecita]

1.72? Wow

That would make Contador close to 1.90 and he is just above 1.70

Bertie is 1.76-77 (I think), but he looks more like 1.88-89 in that picture.

There's no way that Porte is 1.72 if Contador is 1.76

I don't know about you guys, but my forehead isn't 17-18 cm high

And it seems like Porte is sitting on his frame while Contador is sitting on his saddle, which means he might be standing on his tiptoes (to look longer )

 

[ILovecycling]

Alberto looks really good,hope it will be enough on dawg comes july.about Cataluna,it will be a weird race,looks like nobody is in a really good shape.hope Alberto won't lose too much.

Porte us defintely standing on tiptoes

 

[Butterhead]

Richie Porte is in the top 3

1)Froome


2)Horner
3)Porte

BTW how small is Porte?

Horner loool yeah right.

OK, lets get back to reality shall we.

 

[Carols]

Porte's head is really big for his body.

Take it to the clinic

 

[RownhamHill]

There's no way that Porte is 1.72 if Contador is 1.76

I think Conti is sitting on his saddle in that photo, while Porte is sitting on his cross bar - probably why the disparity in height is so, erm, heightened.

 

[del1962]

Why does Contador refer to himself in the third person, it is always a bit weird when people do this

 

[BYOP88]

Horner loool yeah right.

OK, lets get back to reality shall we.

Sarcasm dude

 

[BYOP88]

Why does Contador refer to himself in the third person, it is always a bit weird when people do this

What when he speaks in English?

 

[podunavac]

Why does Contador refer to himself in the third person, it is always a bit weird when people do this

I've understood it like a way to respond in the same manner as he was asked

...when asked if “Alberto Contador was here to win too?”

The question was formulated like they were talking about the third party, so...
Nothing strange, imo.