Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[Melo]

This performance reminded me of Mortirolo. Too bad he didn't win...

 

[Cance > TheRest]

But.. if he can deliver this again, why not win on Angliru?

 

[Pennino]

Incredible....

 

[Forever The Best]

Are you **** kidding me.

No victory in over a year

Best performance in 3 years

And a random breakaway rider suddenly climbs faster than Froome to stay away

Oh **** , today he deserved the stage. What a pity!!

Guys that was it... this was his chance and he was so strong, damn it damn it damn it

Agreed with all of you, he is just extremely unlucky this season

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

Are you **** kidding me.

No victory in over a year

Best performance in 3 years

And a random breakaway rider suddenly climbs faster than Froome to stay away

Better than Mortirolo and Dauphine prologue? Probably, I dno.

 

[Captain_Obvious]

That was nice.

 

[Carols]

What a Lionheart! Pistols blazing again...tough beat...More Tomorrow!

You have to Enjoy the man

 

[lenric]

Yeah, today was good. Hope his legs keep getting better in the incoming days.

 

[burning]

He could have won the whole thing if he didn't ship 2.5 minutes on Andorra...

 

[red zone]

and this why people love watching him race , he will be missed

I'm still holding out hope this Vuelta performance changes his mind to ride one more year .

 

[gerundium]

1:20 down. 3:40 to go :surprised:

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re:

He could have won the whole thing if he didn't ship 2.5 minutes on Andorra...

He'd be sitting second right now on GC

He would've been given a lot less freedom, yes, and the race would be completely different, but Sky have been marking him anyway

 

[Gigs_98]

Hope is not lost. Considering the record of Austrian indurance athletes contador might be the official winner of this stage in two months.

 

[Pennino]

Supercombativo in the pocket even if some other rider attacks all the upcoming stages from km 0.0 straight to the finish line...

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Are you **** kidding me.

No victory in over a year

Best performance in 3 years

And a random breakaway rider suddenly climbs faster than Froome to stay away

Better than Mortirolo and Dauphine prologue? Probably, I dno.

Mortirolo time was very good, but not great. If he'd started with Landa, he wouldn't have dropped Landa
Dauphine prologue he took 6s out of Porte. Today he took 40s out of everybody. This is the best single climb he's done since 2014, maybe even longer

 

[jsem94]

Hope is not lost. Considering the record of Austrian indurance athletes contador might be the official winner of this stage in two months.

Damn right.

Really incredible performance by Alberto today. Podium is well within reach. Idk, maybe even the overall if he stages an epic coup on Friday.

 

[DNP-Old]

F Angliru, knowing Bert, he'll do something again tomorrow.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

But.. if he can deliver this again, why not win on Angliru?

Angliru is twice as long. This climb was probably just within his limit, he will never win on Angliru.

 

[Forever The Best]

Anyways, probably what Contador did today won't change anything, no stage win, and no movement in GC either.
Still, I need to be optimist, so Contador to attack tomorrow (hopefully on Carmona)

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Supercombativo in the pocket even if some other rider attacks all the upcoming stages from km 0.0 straight to the finish line...

Who cares?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Anyways, probably what Contador did today won't change anything, no stage win, and no movement in GC either.

Just a waste of energy. I hope he doesn't waste more energy tomorrow so he has at least a remote chance of winning on Saturday.

 

[Matteo.]

Re: Re:

But.. if he can deliver this again, why not win on Angliru?

Angliru is twice as long. This climb was probably just within his limit, he will never win on Angliru.

That's right

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

Anyways, probably what Contador did today won't change anything, no stage win, and no movement in GC either.

Just a waste of energy. I hope he doesn't waste more energy tomorrow so he has at least a remote chance of winning on Saturday.

Cheer up, 'waste of energy', what absolute nonsense.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Hope is not lost. Considering the record of Austrian indurance athletes contador might be the official winner of this stage in two months.

Damn right.

Really incredible performance by Alberto today. Podium is well within reach. Idk, maybe even the overall if he stages an epic coup on Friday.

Come on, this is ridiculous. Yes, he was strong today, but no one really chased him. Something must go desperately wrong for those ahead of him for Alberto to end up on the podium and the overall win is simply never going to happen.

 

[Forever The Best]

Re: Re:

Anyways, probably what Contador did today won't change anything, no stage win, and no movement in GC either.

Just a waste of energy. I hope he doesn't waste more energy tomorrow so he has at least a remote chance of winning on Saturday.

I hope he doesn't wait for Saturday only to be 2nd or 3rd behind the breakaway or get dropped from the other GC contenders...
So, tomorrow more! Full gas attack from Carmona