cantpedal said:
Miburo said:
It's not good, even worse than yesterday imo
Yesterday you can blame it on a bad day, or whatever the excuse was but now he underperformed again. Twice in a row? That's just not a good sign
Losing so much on G Thomas? The best Contador is a better ITT than Thomas, it just wasn't good. And it doesn't look like we'll see Contador 2014
I'll keep supporting him, but i'm being realistic and knowing how Contador's beginning of the season is always very telling, i don't think it'll be a good year for him. Hopefully i'm wrong
Even in 2014 he wasn't dominate / great (for him) lost to Kwia - Volta ao Algarve, Rodriguez - Volta a Catalunya Talansky in Critérium du Dauphiné with an unusually bad tactical decision, ---TDF his crash/ injury,
I think the idea he had a great year that year is mostly derived from him beating an injured / crashed (both TDF and Dauphiné) Froome. Froome never looked 100% that whole year.
For any other rider that would be a great year for AC maybe good year
Well I guess AC saying he was never in as good a form as at the start of that Tour means nothing then.
He also put on one of the greatest performances at TA, droping Quintana, catching the break and soloing for the win.
Froome overtaxed himself trying to drop AC on the first MTF at the Dauphine. The crash broke him more mentally than physically imo.
Then AC smashed the Vuelta on equal terms with Froome, both having crashed out of the Tour.
No, overall he had astonishing form in 2014.