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And for this reason, he is just the best guy to watch. Even with a more calculated 'mature'' Contador v2.0, you just can never know what he might do if he's got the measure of his opponents.
For my own peace of mind, I really hope that it becomes clear pretty early on that he's in dominant form. I do not want to have the fear for two weeks that he's left a lot to do with uncertain form in the last week of the Giro...
Red Rick said:Contador won't go for broke on the first mountain stage. That finish is totally unsuited to attacks at any point. Last climb is 5.4% average, with a flat penultimate kilometer, almost no climbing before that. Steepest part is 8km out and on a 4-5% gradient he's not gonna outclimb the skytrain for that long. Would be a waste of energy in a Giro where he needs to conserve said energy as good as possible.
He may put in a little dig in a surprise attack in the medium mountains if the circumstances are right, otherwise he'll likely wait till after the tt.
But then again this is Contador we're talking about, he may just cause mayhem on a windy flat stage in the first week just for the sake of it
And for this reason, he is just the best guy to watch. Even with a more calculated 'mature'' Contador v2.0, you just can never know what he might do if he's got the measure of his opponents.
For my own peace of mind, I really hope that it becomes clear pretty early on that he's in dominant form. I do not want to have the fear for two weeks that he's left a lot to do with uncertain form in the last week of the Giro...