Jelantik said:
Squirbos_19 said:
Singer01 said:
Question for all 'pro' contador people. what is your dream, realistic scenario for the remainder of his career (no winning all 3 grand tours in the same year people).
as someone who is deeply ambivalent about him (i adore his riding style, but he broke my heart) i would love to see him -
Win the tour 2015 for the double
win the tour/vuelta double 2016 (first person to do all 3 doubles)
then do a farewell tour in 2017, ride all 3 tours, but just stage hunt and be as flamboyant as hell.
though if he did get to 10 official grand tour wins i'm positive he'd try for one more in 2017.
I'm not convinced he'll have the form to win the Tour this year, unless at least one of Froome, Quintana or Nibali abandon. I think he'll definitely podium but he'll lack that bit extra to win, or he might attack like crazy to go for the win which may or may not work.
He'll go Tour-Vuelta in 2016, if he wins the Vuelta he will probably retire, but I hope he retires after winning the 100th Giro in 2017.
I think he will. Because Contador strikes me as a rider who learns from his mistake and he always comes out better after that. 2013 he sucks, coming to 2014 he reevaluated what he missed and started working with dejongh. We saw he was flying 2014. 2011 - he trained for the Giro, then he went on the tour. He didn't win the tour. I think the experience he has in 2011 gave him a road map or plan to tackle 2015 Giro-Tour double. The only x factor is how much energy has he spend during the Giro, and how great he recovers to get ready.
I just read the poster here. Wow, so kreuziger will ride the Tour then since UCI & WADA withdrawl? He was ill during the giro.
And he hasn't seem to hit his peak yet. So if he can recovers, and did what Majka did last year, he'll be a useful key super domestique for Contador. Majka should be play Porte role to Contador. Now let's see how kiserlovski on the Dauphene. So far he hasn't showed anything. If he shows great form, Majka, Kiser, Rogers and Kreuziger, TS will be strong in the mountain.
He definitely peaked in the ardenners. I actually think he and Fuglsang was some of the strogest riders in LBL(if i remember correctly), but he do not have the finish in him against the likes of Valverde. But he was certainly very strong on the hills.
He was also okay in the Giro before he got sick. He's been more of a Classic rider than a GT guy this year. I guess he expected to be banned, so he have trained more for the classics than GT's.
Kiserlovski was **** until LBL where he actually finished in the second group with Nibali, right behind the leaders.
I'm not really sure what you mean by Majka should be playing the Porte role to Contador. I think it's certain that SKY will try to control the race for Froome, and Moviestar and Astana will try to blow up the Sky train with attacks (Valverde, Fuglsang), and I think Majka should be used a protected rider for tactics, and not be pulling or anything unless Contador needs it.
They should let SKY do the pace setting and then try to isolate Froome early on some stages with attacks from Majka.
With no ITT long ITT this year, they can't let Majka gain an advantage in the GC. Majka in topshape climbs only a half level below Nibali and Quintana.