Teams & Riders Alberto Contador Discussion Thread

[LaFlorecita]

So no San Sebastian... perhaps he is training better than expected and doesn' need days of competition but rest.

Maybe Eneco Tour and San Sebastian?

 

[jyhjyh]

Maybe Eneco Tour and San Sebastian?

I don't think so:
http://politiken.dk/sport/cykling/t...is-skrappe-plan-for-contadors-store-comeback/ (Danish)

 

[LaFlorecita]

I don't think so:
http://politiken.dk/sport/cykling/t...is-skrappe-plan-for-contadors-store-comeback/ (Danish)

Okay.

 

[LaFlorecita]

meh... Iglinsky and Nibali will make everyone on that list excpet AC's life a living hell next ardennes. And if Astana keeps Kiserlovski we will just destroy the field next LBL UK Postal style

Meh, Saxo care more about Giro Tour and Vuelta.

 

[Cimber]

I don't think so:
http://politiken.dk/sport/cykling/t...is-skrappe-plan-for-contadors-store-comeback/ (Danish)

Maybe I am missing something but I dont see where that article is saying anything about him not doing San Sebastian. Only that he will do Eneco and not Tour de L'Ain.

Eneco is from 6-12 of august, San Sebastian is the 14th and the Vuelta begins the 18th so he could so all of it (I am not saying that he will - only that it is technically possible and that the article doesnt say wether he wont or not)

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Meh, Saxo care more about Giro Tour and Vuelta.

you did not just say that about the ardennes

 

[killswitch]

Saxo GT team next year: Alberto, Dani, CAS, Kiserlovski, Kreuziger, Jakob

So poor Birdsong will be a bottle carrier again.

 

[Machu Picchu]

Enecotour ‏@EnecoTour
Great news: @albertocontador will start in the Eneco Tour http://www.enecotour.com

 

[Cimber]

So poor Birdsong will be a bottle carrier again.

I hope and think he will sign for another team where he will get a free role in the Tour. I think he is torn between that option on the one hand and the safety of goinf back to his old team.

 

[Machu Picchu]

Eneco: Alberto Contador almost can't wait until the 6th of August:

"Eneco Tour will be a very special race for me for several reasons. First, it will be my return to competition, so I'm excited, because any rider like to compete and, secondly, I am very excited to come back here because the race is raced in two countries where cycling culture is deeply rooted and where cycling moves more people than anywhere else. Here I have always felt at home. The route, moreover, is maybe not the most favorable to me, but my ultimate goal here is to take the pace of competition to meet the objectives of the end of theseason".

 

[l.Harm]

Well Fleur, it starts in Waalwijk so you have to be there!!!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Hm, I don't know...

 

[gustienordic]

Eneco: Alberto Contador almost can't wait until the 6th of August:

I feel compelled to say that I am very happy for this day

 

[LaFlorecita]

I feel compelled to say that I am very happy for this day

Yes, me too!!

 

[sartoris]

I feel compelled to say that I am very happy for this day

Same here.

 

[Carols]

26 days and counting! I can hardly wait

 

[ggusta]

What do you think of my new user pic, I think it perfectly shows Alberto's grace on a bike.

I am a bike pic snob! I have seen very very few pics of helmeted cyclist that are as good as unhelmeted. I saw one of him last year at the Giro, he had his helmet hanging from the bars and maybe glasses also off.

Check out rapha's photostream on flickr. Here is their Swiss Alps set but they have quite a few sets to lose yourself in. It's great to set to slideshow and chill sometimes. http://www.flickr.com/photos/raphacc/sets/72157607672261689/with/2941356172/

One of his groupies on twitter is a pretty respectable portrait artist and she has some nice images on her page. Sketches can be very evocative. Of course with a little talent you can take a photo and turn it into a sketch in photoshop and have it all. I like to do that with my family photos.

 

[LaFlorecita]

"Ayer 10 de la noche,control antidoping de la UCI.Hoy a las 6:30 de la mañana control antidoping de la WADA,falta alguien???"

Poor Alberto

 

[LaFlorecita]

"He smiled and his brown eyes flickered. There is a serenity in his eyes that is very different from Lance's nakedly burning intensity, but you also have the unmistakable impression that something is raging behind those walls of nondescript brown."

- JB in "We might as well win"

 

[LaFlorecita]

Where did that come from?

Hm? From Hog's book We might as well win.. Oh and the book was written before the 2009 debacle.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Well this is curious.

Just imagine living in Spain and randomly encountering Alberto

 

[Publicus]

"Ayer 10 de la noche,control antidoping de la UCI.Hoy a las 6:30 de la mañana control antidoping de la WADA,falta alguien???"

Poor Alberto

I hope this is the last time he tweets this kind of stuff. It comes with the territory and will be his "normal" for the foreseeable future.

 

[maltiv]

I have to say I'm a bit worried about Contador riding the Eneco tour. It's a very nervous race ridden on dangerous roads where there definitely will be some serious crashes. If Contador gets injured...

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I have to say I'm a bit worried about Contador riding the Eneco tour. It's a very nervous race ridden on dangerous roads where there definitely will be some serious crashes. If Contador gets injured...

Unless Bjarne is an complete idiot, the whole team in Eneco will be forced to be in the top 20 at all times no matter what it costs to avoid any kind of accident.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I have to say I'm a bit worried about Contador riding the Eneco tour. It's a very nervous race ridden on dangerous roads where there definitely will be some serious crashes. If Contador gets injured...

Yes you are not alone, I am also worried and one of the British ES guys talked about it yesterday.