Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[LaFlorecita]

That's scary. Alberto has Jesus as a bodyguard though.

 

[Red Rick]

Nobody dares to mess with Contador, they call him el Pistolero for a reason, and it's not for those hand gestures after he wins something

 

[Miburo]

Vuelta will be over after monday
Poor quintana will already lose a minute

 

[silvergrenade]

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Vuelta will be over after monday
Poor quintana will already lose a minute

He can get back a minute easily.

 

[Miburo]

If they neutralize the race and he ignores it then yes

 

[portugal11]

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If they neutralize the race and he ignores it then yes

Ahahahaahahah, what a great answer!!!! Contador is not one of the best (he isn't top 5) in muritos anymore but he still will win with more than 3 minutes

 

[Valv.Piti]

And thats why many on this forum are sceptic of the Contador-fans!

 

[LaFlorecita]

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And thats why many on this forum are sceptic of the Contador-fans!

Because of Miburo's ridiculous hype?
Anyway on top form Alberto is perhaps still top 5 in the world on Muritos (and I mean the insanely steep ones not 1km @ 8%) but he is old and it's hard to keep that spark in your legs

 

[Valv.Piti]

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And thats why many on this forum are sceptic of the Contador-fans!

Because of Miburo's ridiculous hype?
Anyway on top form Alberto is perhaps still top 5 in the world on Muritos (and I mean the insanely steep ones not 1km @ 8%) but he is old and it's hard to keep that spark in your legs

Not only Miburo's hype, but also his extreme hate towards some riders. And it would be wrong to say its only Miburo...

I don't think he will win at Mirador, but he will definitely be one of the best of the GC-contenders which is all he needs with proper mountains and especially the ITT coming up. I think if he wins La Vuelta, he will win in Calp, he will have a big advantage there if he can pull something similar to Giro 2015 up.

 

[MatParker117]

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And thats why many on this forum are sceptic of the Contador-fans!

Because of Miburo's ridiculous hype?
Anyway on top form Alberto is perhaps still top 5 in the world on Muritos (and I mean the insanely steep ones not 1km @ 8%) but he is old and it's hard to keep that spark in your legs

Not only Miburo's hype, but also his extreme hate towards some riders. And it would be wrong to say its only Miburo...

I don't think he will win at Mirador, but he will definitely be one of the best of the GC-contenders which is all he needs with proper mountains and especially the ITT coming up. I think if he wins La Vuelta, he will win in Calp, he will have a big advantage there if he can pull something similar to Giro 2015 up.

Yeah but Chris Froome is a significantly better time trialist than Aru & Landa if Froome's on form it's nigh on impossible for Contador to open that kind of gap.

 

[cellardoor]

Any thoughts on what his time-loss is likely to be today? 30 seconds?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Any thoughts on what his time-loss is likely to be today? 30 seconds?

30 to 45 seconds to the best is my guess.

 

[Miburo]

Contador is easily top 5. Only froome and henao are better.
Purito is retired and piti is overrated. Ik why some are mad but i cant say the truth or i get banned

 

[Miburo]

And with murito i dont mean mur de huy

 

[Dedelou]

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Any thoughts on what his time-loss is likely to be today? 30 seconds?

30 to 45 seconds to the best is my guess.

hopefully that to the winner and much less to Sky or Movistar

 

[lenric]

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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contador-points-to-valverde-as-key-favourite-for-vuelta/

you know what that means

Either that means he's joking, or that he is a moron (or thinks other people are). I'd rather fancy the idea of him being joking.

 

[rune1107]

Team is not functioning. No spirit. Hopefully it won't affect Alberto's race, but I have a feeling that it will

 

[Sciocco]

Only 52, not bad. Contador will win.

 

[Jakub]

And the winner of the day: Jesus Hernandez - most TV time.
Jesus Christ that was awful, at least they have beaten Astana, they only needed the other teams to have mechanical problems too.
52 seconds in Vuelta is a lot.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Hmm, bad start but not entirely unexpected. Uphill battle for Alberto from here on, literally and figuratively.

 

[Scarponi]

Sky's C team decimates Tinkoffs B team

 

[Jakub]

the only good thing is that Dawg looked very bad.

 

[Scarponi]

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the only good thing is that Dawg looked very bad.

Only because of how fast they went. I wonder if Alberto would have struggled the minute faster

 

[buchanan]

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the only good thing is that Dawg looked very bad.

Although he is now overall race favourite according to the bookies.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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the only good thing is that Dawg looked very bad.

Although he is now overall race favourite according to the bookies.

Haha. Ridiculous