Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[VayaVayaVaya]

I dunno. I feel like if he had been here, he would have been the one who would have crashed early and lost time early, then he and Froome would have co-attacked on the Finestre and worked well together until Froome revealed his mutant powers and dropped Contador. But I learned to be fatalistic as a Contador fan in later years...

 

[Jspear]

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He needs a shave.

He should have raced with that beard.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Some pics a friend took in Rome...

With Tom D

With Vino

And Lappartient as well

There was a very sweet moment with Manuele Boaro as well with Manuele waiting for Berto and asking about the baby and Berto put his head on Manu's shoulder but she didn't get a picture of that

 

[rick james]

Pretty sure that classes as stalking

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Pretty sure that classes as stalking

She has pics of others as well

 

[Valv.Piti]

Isnt that Basso as well on the left?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Isnt that Basso as well on the left?

Aye but Ivan and Berto are always together these days

 

[Koronin]

Nice pictures. Thank you for sharing them with us.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Isnt that Basso as well on the left?

Vino to Basso "Man, you saw froome's time up the Zoncolan? He was faster than you. How is that even possible"
"Yeah man, I know, it's his crazy nutrition. We didn't have sh*t like that in the good old days"

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

As a general question of interest (perhaps better suited for the Froome vs Contador thread?) does anyone have something like the top 5 best W/kg performances of AC and Froomey on mountains that lasted for more than say 20 min somewhere? It would be interesting to see the data

 

[Angliru]

@LaFlo: Really nice photos! Thanks!

 

[Carols]

LaFlo, thanks for the great pics. He looks well and happy

 

[LaFlorecita]

Alberto just posted on instagram stories his data for the KOM he got at L'etape by TDF in Costa Rica - 431W for 12'38" #comeback
PS he gave the prize to 2nd best obviously

 

[calleking]

He's 6.5 kilos heavier than during his race days so roughly 67-68 kilos which equals 6.6w/kg for 12 minutes.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Not bad for a fat old geezer

Now we're just waiting for him to say he set a new record on his test climb

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

The rational part of me is glad he's done and enjoying retirement and he likely wouldn't win another GT if he came back, but...I'd be so stoked if he did!

 

[ad9898]

I reckon looking at those numbers he's taken a year off, letting his body recover from over a decade of racing then he's going to return at 60kgs for another year . On a serious note I bet he does think about it, although retiring after winning on the Angliru would be hard to replicate

 

[LaFlorecita]

Good news for Contador fans, he will be on Eurosport doing recon with Flecha for some of this Tour's stages and he'll do some analysis as well

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Good news for Contador fans, he will be on Eurosport doing recon with Flecha for some of this Tour's stages and he'll do some analysis as well

Nice news

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Good news for Contador fans, he will be on Eurosport doing recon with Flecha for some of this Tour's stages and he'll do some analysis as well

Nice news

Unfortunately I won't be able to watch
It'll be fun seeing JAF trying to keep up with Berto.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Berto shares his pre-Tour data. 2014
458W for 20 mins at 61.6kg

Flecha comments on instagram he doesn't want to do the recon anymore

 

[Simurgh]

Beastly numbers!!

 

[Serpentin]

Crazy numbers... we miss him.

 

[Scarponi]

Still love Horners comment about his Veulta. "I knew the only rider who could beat me that race was Alberto and he wasn't there "

 

[Robert5091]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlF9nuMhMY-/?taken-by=acontadoroficial

I leave you a secret data never taught,many times estimated but never confirmed 100%.Here the average power that needs to be moved in a 20' test to win the Tour with 62kg!I leave you 2 tests together to my weight after finishing the training...What do you think???