I'm just glad I was around to see the grand master. 9 Gts and countless moments in between. He beat my boy Schleck most of the time in the days but hey ho. Over to you Landa...
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Brullnux said:http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/40848355
Awful comments here by people with clearly little knowledge of the sport and its past, and blindly nationalistic.
Adios campeon
2. Posted by footyfan94 on
7 Aug 2017 13:19
Could, should and would have won many more if it were not for the drug cheat Lance Armstrong.
FFS :sad:Brullnux said:http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/40848355
Awful comments here by people with clearly little knowledge of the sport and its past, and blindly nationalistic.
Adios campeon
Brullnux said:http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/40848355
Awful comments here by people with clearly little knowledge of the sport and its past, and blindly nationalistic.
Adios campeon
Brullnux said:http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/40848355
Awful comments here by people with clearly little knowledge of the sport and its past, and blindly nationalistic.
Adios campeon
Hope you're enjoying your tour, weather hasn't been the best for the start of August, where I live(Stirling) has been really busy with touristCarols said:I am touring in Scotland and just heard the news... it is good I am busy! congrats to grande Campeon, one of the very best I have witnessed in the last 50+ years! Long may his Legend live on to inspire new cyclists. He will be sorely missed
If the rumours of the rift with Trek are true, maybe they'll give the number one to Degenkolb instead. Hopefully they won't sink to Tinkov levels of pettiness though.Lexman said:http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170808_03008439
Trek will be the first team on the startlist and so Contador will be honoured to wear the number one for his last race
Source?DFA123 said:Lexman said:http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170808_03008439
Trek will be the first team on the startlist and so Contador will be honoured to wear the number one for his last race
If the rumours of the rift with Trek are true, maybe they'll give the number one to Degenkolb instead. Hopefully they won't sink to Tinkov levels of pettiness though.
Netserk said:Source?DFA123 said:Lexman said:http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170808_03008439
Trek will be the first team on the startlist and so Contador will be honoured to wear the number one for his last race
If the rumours of the rift with Trek are true, maybe they'll give the number one to Degenkolb instead. Hopefully they won't sink to Tinkov levels of pettiness though.
Seems like it is purely speculation (wishful thinking) from your hand...
The source is Contador and his brother both saying/implying that signing a new contract was imminent and almost a sure thing. Followed by the very abrupt u-turn announcing his departure.Netserk said:Source?DFA123 said:Lexman said:http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170808_03008439
Trek will be the first team on the startlist and so Contador will be honoured to wear the number one for his last race
If the rumours of the rift with Trek are true, maybe they'll give the number one to Degenkolb instead. Hopefully they won't sink to Tinkov levels of pettiness though.
Seems like it is purely speculation (wishful thinking) from your hand...
gunara said:Valv.Piti said:Thats Purito, such a warm person with a great personality.. the end of an era, only Valverde can stop that in 2018.tobydawq said:Valv.Piti said:And sneaky Valverde posting a picture of a struggling Contador in 2013 with him on the wheel (I think Ax-3-Domaines?) on Twitter, whereas Purito is posting a picture of 2012 Alberto on Fuente Dé. Yes, the stage where he himself was robbed of his first and only GT
That was a beautiful and touching gesture by Purito.
Purito, sweet Purito. Ah, I imagine I will enjoy cycling very differently when all three of them gone. My cycling knowledge from before their era was very thin, and I think I'll be soon too old to examine the details of younger generation, so these three are always my superstars.
As for Alberto's 'decision', I just noticed it a few minutes ago, can't say I was too surprised, but still, it's one of the biggest names of our time announcing retirement, and also the athlete that have my emotional attention the most in this planet, I have to swallow it first before really feel anything
Perhaps it's not a rift, but something has happened that has resulted in him apparently changing his mind in the last few days. Maybe he has been forced to go to the Vuelta against his wishes and thinks it would take too much out of him for next season. Or maybe he has sounded out other teams, and no-one was willing to pay his salary demands.Red Rick said:I don't know about this being a rift between Trek and Contador. If that were the case, couldn't he have gotten a one year deal somewhere else. If it were really only about the Giro even a pro conti team would've been possible.
He's made a career sending signals that later on haven't matched the facts.DFA123 said:Perhaps it's not a rift, but something has happened that has resulted in him apparently changing his mind in the last few days. Maybe he has been forced to go to the Vuelta against his wishes and thinks it would take too much out of him for next season. Or maybe he has sounded out other teams, and no-one was willing to pay his salary demands.Red Rick said:I don't know about this being a rift between Trek and Contador. If that were the case, couldn't he have gotten a one year deal somewhere else. If it were really only about the Giro even a pro conti team would've been possible.
Whatever the reason, it seems a bit strange after all the signals that he was going to continue for another year.
DFA123 said:Perhaps it's not a rift, but something has happened that has resulted in him apparently changing his mind in the last few days. Maybe he has been forced to go to the Vuelta against his wishes and thinks it would take too much out of him for next season. Or maybe he has sounded out other teams, and no-one was willing to pay his salary demands.Red Rick said:I don't know about this being a rift between Trek and Contador. If that were the case, couldn't he have gotten a one year deal somewhere else. If it were really only about the Giro even a pro conti team would've been possible.
Whatever the reason, it seems a bit strange after all the signals that he was going to continue for another year.
Yes, he has lied/misled a lot about various things through his career. But this is a bit different, it's not like the old adage of feigning weakness when your strong etc... It's difficult to see the motivations for lying (or at least misleading) about retiring; unless it was part of a game of brinkmanship with Trek or other potential employers.ice&fire said:He's made a career sending signals that later on haven't matched the facts.DFA123 said:Perhaps it's not a rift, but something has happened that has resulted in him apparently changing his mind in the last few days. Maybe he has been forced to go to the Vuelta against his wishes and thinks it would take too much out of him for next season. Or maybe he has sounded out other teams, and no-one was willing to pay his salary demands.Red Rick said:I don't know about this being a rift between Trek and Contador. If that were the case, couldn't he have gotten a one year deal somewhere else. If it were really only about the Giro even a pro conti team would've been possible.
Whatever the reason, it seems a bit strange after all the signals that he was going to continue for another year.
Hi Carols, I tried to PM you but not sure it worked. Jist of it was, hope you are enjoying Scotland and if you are passing near to North Queensferry, I would be delighted to meet up and buy you a coffee/lunch and talk all things Alberto North Queensferry is just under the rail/road bridges about 8 miles from Edinburgh airportCarols said:I am touring in Scotland and just heard the news... it is good I am busy! congrats to grande Campeon, one of the very best I have witnessed in the last 50+ years! Long may his Legend live on to inspire new cyclists. He will be sorely missed