Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[ILovecycling]

It's time.

 

[LaFlorecita]

It's time.

go Alberto

 

[gregrowlerson]

It will be nice if he can dance.

Should be an epic stage regardless.

And if somehow not, then we only have four more sleeps until Chamrousse

 

[Angliru]

Scheming...

Great shot!

 

[Cimber]

Today it starts.....Yikes I'm nervous. It will hurt to see Nibs dropped but Alberto will Fly!!!! Fingers crossed

As long as they both drop Porte I will be happy

 

[gregrowlerson]

Whatever happens, happens...a lot is uncertain about today, no point getting overly optimistic yet... Fingers crossed for Contie and the team

Sadly true dat...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

This sucks so much. I am disappointed beyond belief

 

[Jelantik]

I can't believe it. It's today when he is planning to attack. He crashed. I'm totally crushed. 4 minutes is a way too long to catch up with the rest of the GC. I hope he isn't too badly hurt.

8 minutes to kwiat. that's a lot of time too.

 

[Alcanelo]

Too much jinxing went on in this thread...let's hope he's not badly injured first and foremost and gets through the stage safely

 

[Guybrush]

Post from 2014 Tour de France, Stage 5: Ypres – Arenberg Porte du Hainaut: 156km

OMG Froome is hillarious

karma

 

[ILovecycling]

Post from 2014 Tour de France, Stage 5: Ypres – Arenberg Porte du Hainaut: 156km



karma

applaud to you

 

[SantiBotero]

The Vuelta is building up for something huge.

 

[Jelantik]

Contador is out the race now... O my... What a sad ending.

 

[arvc40]

Tour over for me now TV going off.

 

[indianfanboy]

Sadest moment ever

Contador recover and come back to win the vuelta

 

[Afrank]

This sucks sooooo much! Really sad to see Contador out, race is severely hampered due to this.

He'll be back though, of that I'm confident. I hope he keeps this with him and uses it to motivate himself in 2015. This is not the end.

 

[Forunculo]

Hoping for a speedy recover and looking for the Vuelta

 

[Alcanelo]

Tour over now...will go down as one of the worst Tours with '11 and '12....shame too because Nibbles is a legend and will always have an asterix next to his title

Get better soon Alberto, much love.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Tour over for me now TV going off.

Same. I am absolutely devastated.

 

[LaFlorecita]

First abandon ever for Alberto in a GT

 

[No_Balls]

Absolutely ridiculus. Here they are controlling 9 stages and are happy to have survived first week and then he has to abandon the first real mountainstage due to a mechanical.

**** this. Tour off.

 

[LuckySteveC]

Shame when the 2 best riders are no longer in it. Nibbles, Porte and Talansky for the Podium if they can stay on the bike.

 

[smokeyrollsdown]

Been reading this forum during the last 5 years, never wrote anything, but today, what a sad moment. I love cycling, and I love to watch Contador riding, my favourite rider; that said, seeing him injured like that, still trying to get back to the bike, pedalling in clear pain, showed me how cruel professional sports are. Not very different from the Roman period; us sitting in our sofas watching humans, gladiators, suffering on the battlefield.

 

[SeriousSam]

Damn shame, I was looking forward to the damage he would inflict in the mountains. Le Tour has given Contador a lot of grief over the years.

 

[Carols]

I'm totally gutted, this just totally S*CKS Hopefully he isn't hurt to badly.

If it turns out it was indeed bike fault I hope they sue Specialized!!!!!