Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Red Rick]

'2nd place is no good' started early. Baby Bertie willing to gamble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efK-DYuv7fs

 

[Carols]

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'2nd place is no good' started early. Baby Bertie willing to gamble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efK-DYuv7fs

It's who he is .

 

[Jspear]

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It was 6 years ago. That Contador would have smashed everyone today with a starbucks cup on his left hand. Without falling off of his bike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szLGtG_yQzo&t=261s

Look at that acceleration back when his cadence was more than 30 rpm

I was watching this the other day (from 28:40)
https://youtu.be/HpkpbggZesk
<3

Thanks for sharing...hadn't seen that one before.

I was watching this yesterday after watching 2011 Etna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O22lT1zGG-I

Good times...

 

[meat puppet]

So is contador really claiming that his size tarmac frame is 400g heavier than the rival bikes? Top frames clock in at roughly 750-950g so I find it hard to swallow the claim. But maybe i am wrong and it weighs 1150-1350g.

Even so, with pro team financial resources it is entirely possible build a tarmac, or any other top frame, with a power meter to the uci legal 6,8kg if need be.

But Yeah, as was pointed out above, this is clearly about spec vs trek.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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'2nd place is no good' started early. Baby Bertie willing to gamble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efK-DYuv7fs

Me at 25:37

If I had watched that stage live at the time I wouldn't be alive today.
First time I saw that move was in a youtube video called "best cycling save ever"

Can't help but think if something like that happened to him nowadays he'd smash into the wall face-first

 

[Gigs_98]

Just sad that he lost all his upper body strength.

 

[Narce_]

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I was watching this yesterday after watching 2011 Etna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O22lT1zGG-I

Good times...

Hey, me too! :surprised:
Seriously though, thanks for everyone sharing all these videos, it's nice to watch and rewatch these old races, some of them I was too young to see or appreciate, yet Bertie was already great!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Looking through his results after that video, its funny how he in the years of 04-06 consistently rode a very good prologue and Nice-stage in P-N but wasn't anywhere to be seen on the other stages, really.

 

[Scarponi]

Watching that live Scarponis bridge to Contador on Etna was mightly impressive as well. Evans ,Scarponi,Contador , Basso were my my favourite riders so I had a great 5 year period. Now Contador is the last one left and I haven't latched onto anyone I like except I have a thing for Navarro and Pardillia but they won't win anything.

 

[Scarponi]

Who can forget the taming if the feared Angrilu https://youtu.be/jWxdUWUFprw. Would love to see him race Zoncolon in that form

 

[Valv.Piti]

That was the first time I really noticed how good of a rider Purito was.

 

[ice&fire]

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Who can forget the taming if the feared Angrilu https://youtu.be/jWxdUWUFprw. Would love to see him race Zoncolon in that form

He did race Zoncolan in that form, but he was more focused in toying with Nibali and let Antón win the stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpg_lJmyukY

 

[Scarponi]

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Who can forget the taming if the feared Angrilu https://youtu.be/jWxdUWUFprw. Would love to see him race Zoncolon in that form

He did race Zoncolan in that form, but he was more focused in toying with Nibali and let Antón win the stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpg_lJmyukY

How could I forget

 

[rick james]

That TT bike Bertie is on....#Bikeporn

 

[LaFlorecita]

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That TT bike Bertie is on....#Bikeporn

 

[rick james]

he loses points for having it the big ring and the big sprocket on the rear cassette

 

[Valv.Piti]

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he loses points for having it the big ring and the big sprocket on the rear cassette

#NoGo

 

[DFA123]

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he loses points for having it the big ring and the big sprocket on the rear cassette

He's also got what looks about a 56 tooth large chainring and a 34 tooth cassette. Not sure exactly when some of those gear combinations are going to come in useful during a TT.

 

[Netserk]

The Marseille ITT has a steep hill in it.

 

[DFA123]

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The Marseille ITT has a steep hill in it.

Aren't they just going around the football stadium? Are they climbing the stands or what?

Anyway, a 34 tooth cassette can never be #bikeporn in my book Maximum 25, and that's being generous.

 

[thehook]

Looks like 58x28 to me.?

 

[Red Rick]

How is nobody discussing the white shoes and black socks

 

[rick james]

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The Marseille ITT has a steep hill in it.

Aren't they just going around the football stadium? Are they climbing the stands or what?

Anyway, a 34 tooth cassette can never be #bikeporn in my book Maximum 25, and that's being generous.

i doubt its a 34 on the rear

 

[DFA123]

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The Marseille ITT has a steep hill in it.

Aren't they just going around the football stadium? Are they climbing the stands or what?

Anyway, a 34 tooth cassette can never be #bikeporn in my book Maximum 25, and that's being generous.

i doubt its a 34 on the rear

Perhaps a 32; it's massive. Either way, huge chainring and large cassette combination looks bad. Especially on a TT bike.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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How is nobody discussing the white shoes and black socks

Black socks are team issue, would you rather see him wear black shoes again? I don't want to see every post in this thread about his shoes like last year
We know from the GCN interview that his personal preference is white shoes with white socks