Haven’t seen 4-8th GC teams chase a rider down like that sinceIndeed! The panache and talent of the man. But 2nd place is not good. A great spectacle but he didn't gain enough
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Time to bring back this thread. I would love to see him giving the velo d'or to Pogacar in his birthday. Velo Magazine must read this post and they should invite the great one.
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I think you would need LaFlorecita active again to truely revitalize this thread
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El Pistolero only 42 years young, wish him many more!
Still
Young enough to win one last Vuelta!
Young enough to win one last Vuelta!
No way! Feliz cumpleaño!
For some reason I thought he was in his late 40s. Good for him.
The Miami recreational ride and virtual faceoff, for some reason, El Pilstolero has rekindled Froome's enthusiasm to up his game next season.
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He's actually (I think*) 17 months younger than Alejandro Valverde. *mental arithmetic.
In his heyday Contador was the most poplar rider in this forum and for good reason.
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Almost 3 years. Valverde born in February, Contador in December.
Contador is the most popular rider since LA without any doubt. Pogacar will come close in 2 years I think
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Doping for his hair.
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Top 10 where? A GT? With the level totally through the roof today and having been retired of ages while also being 42 years old?
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I mean the level is through the roof for top 5? For the rest not so much.
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He is crazy ahahah. He could beat Froome! I love Contador but right now, he would be the guy who carries bottles to his teammates!
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He’d have to focus on a stage race exclusively and get lucky to get a top 10 currently. If he cared about them more versus winning, he still could have rode for another 2-4 years and gotten decent results after 2017. I don’t think all the close calls and seconds in 2017 helped at all in his thoughts for staying active.
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I think he may have had a habit of burning himself out, especially later on when he went all out in every race trying to get wins, and then he'd crash in the Tour and it would just be over.
Nobody really chases GC in 4 stage races in February and then Tirreno/Catalunya/Itzulia like Contador would.
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At 42 your powers of recovery really aren't the same as at 27 so I don't think he could compete in a GT but I wouldn't put it past him to win a stage.
"I had no choice but to accept" - Alberto Contador reveals he has been forced to race Tour de France with a 'slower' bike
Alberto Contador is one of the most renowned commentators of the international cycling scene. The former Giro, Tour and Vuelta winner is a Eurosport reference and usually tells 'little stories' that l...
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Not a good look likely for specialized. Forced Contador to race with a slower bike at the TDF, while he could use the faster bike at the giro
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#Contador true winner of the 2011 and 2015 Tour de France."I had no choice but to accept" - Alberto Contador reveals he has been forced to race Tour de France with a 'slower' bike
Alberto Contador is one of the most renowned commentators of the international cycling scene. The former Giro, Tour and Vuelta winner is a Eurosport reference and usually tells 'little stories' that l...
Not a good look likely for specialized. Forced Contador to race with a slower bike at the TDF, while he could use the faster bike at the giro
Absolutely Contador did, he thought he had Pogacar’s stamina, endurance, and recovery.
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