Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[CheckMyPecs]

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Aspin, nothing will happen. 20-30 guys will be left. It'll truly start on Arcalis.

Lol, aspin is the biggest opotunity for froome, he could gain 1 minute there if sky worked hard

An entire minute?

I think so. Arcallis is a very hard stage, has multiple moutains and this favors contador and quintana

It favours Contador and Quintana, yet you say Froome can take a minute here?

 

[portugal11]

Re: Re:

Aspin, nothing will happen. 20-30 guys will be left. It'll truly start on Arcalis.

Lol, aspin is the biggest opotunity for froome, he could gain 1 minute there if sky worked hard

An entire minute?

I think so. Arcallis is a very hard stage, has multiple moutains and this favors contador and quintana

It favours Contador and Quintana, yet you say Froome can take a minute here?

Aspin is where froome could gain a minute, not arcallis... i'm responding to miburo

 

[Le Blaireau_13]

I don't know... A minute is pretty much for such a climb:

http://cyclingcols.com/profiles/AspinE.gif

 

[Red Rick]

A minute on 90% of the peloton is certainly possible

 

[Le Blaireau_13]

About the Aspin-stage, I actually think it could Alaphilippe pretty well, don't you?

 

[Red Rick]

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About the Aspin-stage, I actually think it could Alaphilippe pretty well, don't you?

Certainly, if he can hold his form for that long. We don't if he still has to improve, or if he can hold his form until then

 

[Alexandre B.]

Aspin is a stage for an outsider IMO. Yellow Jersey will be the prize, there will be many attacks.

 

[yaco]

Contador can podium at the TDF - Good enough for the podium means you have a chance to win.

 

[Miburo]

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Contador can podium at the TDF - Good enough for the podium means you have a chance to win.

Pinot podium'd, does that mean he can win?

With enough crashes Pinot can also win i guess. Gotta wait until the first 5 days are over, i'm already holding my breath in the hope no one will crash out.

Tour 2014 would have been an amazing tour without the crashes

 

[yaco]

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Contador can podium at the TDF - Good enough for the podium means you have a chance to win.

Pinot podium'd, does that mean he can win?

With enough crashes Pinot can also win i guess. Gotta wait until the first 5 days are over, i'm already holding my breath in the hope no one will crash out.

Tour 2014 would have been an amazing tour without the crashes

What a ridiculous comparison and bears no relevance to my post - Contador's form is good enough to podium - But he may end up 50th in GC - One can never be sure about the future.

 

[jilbiker]

Can we finally get the man-on-man gladiator fight, the sky drones have been eliminated, lets see the stronger man now.

 

[infeXio]

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Can we finally get the man-on-man gladiator fight, the sky drones have been eliminated, lets see the stronger man now.

Froome still has Porte!

 

[jilbiker]

What a waste of time. the drones are back......This team has got to be....how does one deal with this?

 

[LaFlorecita]

I saw a strong Berto today

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Bertie completely gave up once the train came back. So disheartening seeing ugly cycling tactics winning out.

 

[fantomas]

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I saw a strong Berto today

Yes, it seems he has been making more progress than Froome throughout the race.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Bertie completely gave up once the train came back. So disheartening seeing ugly cycling tactics winning out.

Yes, very frustrating. But he did blow the train off the track on Noyer

 

[Squirbos_19]

Just riding at 90% today, giving Froome a false sense of superiority.

 

[bajbar]

He was the only one to follow Froome when he put in a little dig. So he is getting better. The climbing shape (as seen in the prologue) is there, now he needs to get "the speed" in the legs as he said. Let's hope for the best...

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Bertie completely gave up once the train came back. So disheartening seeing ugly cycling tactics winning out.

The front group gave up a long while before that, every group got back on, even guys like Rolland who were a long way behind the Contador group at the summit of Noyer.

Good to see Contador give it a go, he looked better today.

 

[murali]

I missed the earlier attack by bertie
did bad time conversion and missed by an hour

 

[Scarponi]

I also did not realise this stage was going early and missed Berties attacks

 

[sir fly]

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I saw a strong Berto today

Yes, it seems he has been making more progress than Froome throughout the race.

Absolutely.
Last Sunday he was 13 seconds in front of Froome, and today he's 35 behind. That's 48 seconds of progress.
Also, he was 21" ahead of Martin, and today he's 16" behind.
The progress no one could keep up with.

 

[Red Rick]

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I saw a strong Berto today

Yes, it seems he has been making more progress than Froome throughout the race.

Absolutely.
Last Sunday he was 13 seconds in front of Froome, and today he's 35 behind. That's 48 seconds of progress.
Also, he was 21" ahead of Martin, and today he's 16" behind.
The progress no one could keep up with.

Look at level of racing, from Friday till today. Difference between Martin and Contador is riding for placings and riding to win.

 

[Scarponi]

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I saw a strong Berto today

Yes, it seems he has been making more progress than Froome throughout the race.

Absolutely.
Last Sunday he was 13 seconds in front of Froome, and today he's 35 behind. That's 48 seconds of progress.
Also, he was 21" ahead of Martin, and today he's 16" behind.
The progress no one could keep up with.

Which favourite rider from 2008-2011 did Contador destroy every single time for you to be so bitter?