Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[arvc40]

Softer finish with no push from GC guys. He was able to follow to begin with yesterday so no more than expected today.

 

[Matteo.]

Indeed. Losing the wheels of today 's climb would have been a disaster

 

[Valv.Piti]

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See. No problem. Plenty of time left, panic never won someone anything

Dude, De La Cruz, Talansky and Scarponi hung on this group. You can't realistically conclude anything from this..

 

[Miburo]

I replied to the ones who thought he was gonna lose time today. Hell be way way better saterday

 

[Red Rick]

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I replied to the ones who thought he was gonna lose time today. Hell be way way better saterday

It will be way harder saturday

 

[Miburo]

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I replied to the ones who thought he was gonna lose time today. Hell be way way better saterday

It will be way harder saturday

Which is one of the reasons he'll be way way better

 

[Scarponi]

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See. No problem. Plenty of time left, panic never won someone anything

Dude, De La Cruz, Talansky and Scarponi hung on this group. You can't realistically conclude anything from this..

Including Scarponi with those two hurts me

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

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See. No problem. Plenty of time left, panic never won someone anything

Dude, De La Cruz, Talansky and Scarponi hung on this group. You can't realistically conclude anything from this..

Including Scarponi with those two hurts me

Yup. Now that Lopez got *** over by his crash a top 10 from Scarponi should be in the cards

 

[Taxus4a]

Contador said he was in very good shape and feelings after the ITT but he lost time in a climb better for him than nairo or Froome.

Today the team was great placig him perfectly at the bottom of the climb.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Today on CyclingNews:

About today

"We knew it wasn't a very difficult final climb, but the important thing is I felt a lot better," Contador said. "Obviously your legs always hurt after an effort like that, but I feel fine and pleased to have got through another stage."

About yesterday

Contador had said before the stage that it was possible that his poor performance on the Ezaro climb was due to dehydration, given he said he had suffered more than usual in the heat, his pulse rate went very high and he had felt very thirsty. Other sources confirmed that after Ezaro, Contador was so dehydrated he spent roughly two hours in the anti-doping control before he could produce a urine sample.

About the rest of the race

"I feel pretty optimistic now," he added, "I'll start to try to shake things up a little further on, when I've got the right kind of form that racing can give you."

 

[Valv.Piti]

That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.

 

[Taxus4a]

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Today on CyclingNews:

About today

"We knew it wasn't a very difficult final climb, but the important thing is I felt a lot better," Contador said. "Obviously your legs always hurt after an effort like that, but I feel fine and pleased to have got through another stage."

About yesterday

Contador had said before the stage that it was possible that his poor performance on the Ezaro climb was due to dehydration, given he said he had suffered more than usual in the heat, his pulse rate went very high and he had felt very thirsty. Other sources confirmed that after Ezaro, Contador was so dehydrated he spent roughly two hours in the anti-doping control before he could produce a urine sample.

About the rest of the race

"I feel pretty optimistic now," he added, "I'll start to try to shake things up a little further on, when I've got the right kind of form that racing can give you."

That is true, I noted a lot trayig to climb los Lagos this month, that kill me, not just the hard slopes, it is the mixture of hot and humidity. But Froome use to suffer a lot humidity, like in Rio.

 

[Taxus4a]

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That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.

Camperona will be importat becouse the stage suits complete riders, not just climbers, with a flat stage with wind and stress and maybe echelons (as well a crazy hot for norther Spain that I am suffering now) before the last really hard .

 

[lenric]

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That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.

To be fair, the same happened to him in the last MTF of the 2015 Giro. According to him, at least.

Let's hope that it's true, so that he can increase his performance and we have a better race.

 

[Jelantik]

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That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.

To be fair, the same happened to him in the last MTF of the 2015 Giro. According to him, at least.

Let's hope that it's true, so that he can increase his performance and we have a better race.

Yes, his interview has a different vibe to it. He sounded a bit more sure and it's very encouraging. If he got so bad form, he should have dropped today too. So, I hope it's true and he'll spark a fireworks now that he lost 1.30 to the main contenders. Other wise I'm going to rooting for other contender.. :lol:

 

[Valv.Piti]

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That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.

To be fair, the same happened to him in the last MTF of the 2015 Giro. According to him, at least.

Let's hope that it's true, so that he can increase his performance and we have a better race.

Yes, his interview has a different vibe to it. He sounded a bit more sure and it's very encouraging. If he got so bad form, he should have dropped today too. So, I hope it's true and he'll spark a fireworks now that he lost 1.30 to the main contenders. Other wise I'm going to rooting for other contender.. :lol:

No, he shouldn't. You can't compare the two climbs

ienric: Yes, thats why I say its uplifting, encouraging or whatever.

 

[Jelantik]

Re: Re:

That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.

To be fair, the same happened to him in the last MTF of the 2015 Giro. According to him, at least.

Let's hope that it's true, so that he can increase his performance and we have a better race.

Yes, his interview has a different vibe to it. He sounded a bit more sure and it's very encouraging. If he got so bad form, he should have dropped today too. So, I hope it's true and he'll spark a fireworks now that he lost 1.30 to the main contenders. Other wise I'm going to rooting for other contender.. :lol:

No, he shouldn't. You can't compare the two climbs

ienric: Yes, thats why I say its uplifting, encouraging or whatever.

okay, then. At least his interview sounds encouraging... we'll see how he goes on Saturday.

 

[Miburo]

He has had bad days like this in the vuelta and still won the thing. In 2012 on that murito where purito won before Froome and in the vuelta 2014 where Froome dropped Contador on a murito too.

When it happens more than once, then you've to really worry but it's still so early.

On the aubisque you can toy with minutes

 

[Red Rick]

What was that climb called? Fuerte del Rapitan or something. I think Contador cited dehydration that day as well. However, the simple truth is that he needs to get better quickly. There's 4 consecutive MTFs coming, and I feel that if he still gets dropped on Lagos de Covadonga it will be too late.

 

[Miburo]

Lagos is a pretty shitty climb, last 2 times it didn't really made any differences. Then again that was maybe more cause purito and piti did their best wheelsucking in cycling history.

That was frustrating to watch.

 

[Red Rick]

Thats 2014 only. Contador just didnt get rid of Purito, otherwise Valverde wouldn't have gotten back every time. Its a hard climb, but you have to go from 5k out at least.

 

[Miburo]

My heart stood still there for a sec, luckily it wasnt Contador. Don't think Contador got affected by the crash

 

[Miburo]

Contador: "I was really lucky. I escaped, miraculously."

I'm gonna be happy when he retires, my heart really can't take this.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Kiserlovski looks so much like Alberto at times, wow I almost got a heart attack, also because De Jongh was at his side. Looked like a collarbone, hope he recovers quickly
Alberto was grimacing a lot again, he said he came into this race a bit undercooked but he believes that will be an advantage later on. He cannot lose more time thought in the next few stages and that looks like a difficult task now.

 

[Miburo]

He looked pretty good imo, but damn man, this guy really can't position xD