Contador 2010

[BYOP88]

I don't think Kloden was blown, he was demoralized by being stabed in the back by Alberto.

And Alberto's fake head lunge at the end of the stage when he gifted good friend Schleck the win was disgraceful and false. boo hiss. boo.

And people say Contador isn't a bright lad, seems he picked up a thing or 2 from the hog.

EDIT: If you want to see some top class back stabbing check out the 2002 Vuelta.

 

[Publicus]

I don't think Kloden was blown, he was demoralized by being stabed in the back by Alberto.

And Alberto's fake head lunge at the end of the stage when he gifted good friend Schleck the win was disgraceful and false. boo hiss. boo.

Can someone give Polish a high hat and a bass drum? He's pure comedy gold!

 

[Polish]

Can someone give Polish a high hat and a bass drum? He's pure comedy gold!

Watch the end of that stage and the Alberto fake head lunge.
Pathetic - not funny at all

So what if Alberto and the Schlecks are good buds. They vacation together.
Not so bad that Alberto gifts the win in exchange for GC time...done all the time.
But the fake lunge at the end was pathetic. puleez AC, just gift it.
Oh yah, they also share the same OB/GYN...

 

[Hugh Januss]

Watch the end of that stage and the Alberto fake head lunge.
Pathetic - not funny at all

So what if Alberto and the Schlecks are good buds. They vacation together.
Not so bad that Alberto gifts the win in exchange for GC time...done all the time.
But the fake lunge at the end was pathetic. puleez AC, just gift it.
Oh yah, they also share the same OB/GYN...

Lance doesn't need an OB/GYN he owns a Ferrari.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Can someone give Polish a high hat and a bass drum? He's pure comedy gold!

If *** was funny, but that is not PC.

 

[Publicus]

If *** was funny, but that is not PC.

It's the only way I can respond to his posts without turning him into CC II. Serenity Now!

 

[mr. tibbs]

Watch the end of that stage and the Alberto fake head lunge.
Pathetic - not funny at all

So what if Alberto and the Schlecks are good buds. They vacation together.
Not so bad that Alberto gifts the win in exchange for GC time...done all the time.
But the fake lunge at the end was pathetic. puleez AC, just gift it.
Oh yah, they also share the same OB/GYN...

Polish...

You're pretty obviously an Armstrong partisan, and that's fine, but just admit it, and color your forum contributions accordingly. Realize here that you're casting aspersions at Contador for overblown theatrics when the rider who you're obviously (from a study of all of your posts as they relate to whatever topic being discussed) writing in support of engages in theatrics several degrees more overblown than Contador does--and off the bike, through social media, nonetheless!

 

[ExRower]

That's a pretty simplistic view of Grand Tour stage racing.

A possible podium sweep would have been a secondary effect of playing that stage as Johann wanted, not the primary.

The worker bees couldn't possibly get AC higher up in GC. He was leading!

Once Wiggins had been dropped all AC had to do was mark Schleck. He already had 2:30 on him. The attack created unnecessary risk. The Schlecks loved it.
If the Schlecks had attacked the end and AC covered it would have had the same result. But if he'd have given Kloden a moment or 2 he could have had help instead of being isolated. Kloden not losing time or Lance bridging up would have just been icing on the cake.
Just because it worked out doesn't mean it wasn't a dumb move.

Check Andy's comments here. 3rd interview.

http://www.steephill.tv/players/ver...instance=9CB581C0-BF42-61C5-368E-F6AC2BEFC16E

I will have to disagree with you there. When Lance was winning the TdF in years' past, Johan used to say that they always rode to gain more time over the other contenders (i.e. Ullrich, Beloki, etc.) because they had to make allowances for unforseen incidents like Lance crashing or bonking or whatever. In short, they wanted to gain as much time as they could so that in the event that Lance lost time, they would still have some lead over the opposition.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Lance always had super strong teams, including a multiple GT winner and didn't always face tough opposition. (2002, Beloki and..........)
How many podium spots did USPS/Disco manage, during those 7 Armstrong wins?

Fact is, we all know they had zero interest in supporting a second rider to the podium.

This spurious Fanboy argument is yet to come up with any theory to removing Andy Schleck from the RU spot and they know full well that Armstrong would have to be booted off his bottom rung.

It's just a pathetic attempt to throw sh*t in Contador's direction, because they hate the fact that he has taken both the maillot jeune and their hero's limelight.

Haters.

 

[progressor]

Carbon crank, I hate to agree with members of the emob here, but a break ain't such a bad idea. You have to pull out of the responding to the all the attacks mode sometimes, or the threads do get pretty tedious - and the AC leaving kloden behind has been done to death so many times it ain't funny. They won't stop, so you have to. Make a statement if you need, ignore the inevitable attacks, and take a break from the negativity for a few days, it's healthier that way -for you and the forum.

 

[bianchigirl]

One thing that may not have been considered is that there's something about winning with panache - nobody likes a wheelsucker, look at the flak Evans has had before he decided to give himself a kick up the a*se at the World's and get off the wheel and attacked. Contador is clearly au fait with the traditions and history of the sport in a way Armstrong has never been, understands that the fans love a rider with attack, who wins with style.

 

[Angliru]

LOL you don't get it do you, this was the latest cycling tactic created by the hog, you watch in years to come teams will race the Tour/Giro/Route Adélie/ Tour of Qinghai Lake to take a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. I hope you all remember who created this tactic. I mean none of you give the hog any credit after all he also came up with the 8 guys working for the leader tactic too.

If I were you I would edit out this entire post before someone reads it and realizes how absolutely clueless this makes you sound. Just a friendly tip.

 

[Angliru]

On the flip side... wasn't Saxo Bank's leader working to try to get one of his "domestique's" on the podium?

Well considering the recent statement by Armstrong that Bruyneel is like a brother to him then this would explain his flawed strategy and mirrors the younger Schleck's devotion to his actual brother and his efforts to assist him at the expense of furthering his own interests.

 

[Angliru]

I don't think Kloden was blown, he was demoralized by being stabbed in the back by Alberto.

And Alberto's fake head lunge at the end of the stage when he gifted good friend Schleck the win was disgraceful and false. boo hiss. boo.

I thought that he was good friends with Andy and not Frank. Frank got the victory afterall. It was quite obvious to all that were watching that he was gifting the stage to Frank. There was no subterfuge.

 

[BYOP88]

If I were you I would edit out this entire post before someone reads it and realizes how absolutely clueless this makes you sound. Just a friendly tip.

Damn I guess irony didn't work in that post, oh well maybe I'll strike lucky one of these days.

 

[Angliru]

Damn I guess irony didn't work in that post, oh well maybe I'll strike lucky one of these days.

Nahh. In my hazy daze of early morning caffeine deprived funk I failed to see the irony. My bad.

 

[Carboncrank]

One thing that may not have been considered is that there's something about winning with panache - nobody likes a wheelsucker, look at the flak Evans has had before he decided to give himself a kick up the a*se at the World's and get off the wheel and attacked. Contador is clearly au fait with the traditions and history of the sport in a way Armstrong has never been, understands that the fans love a rider with attack, who wins with style.

Reality check time.

Let's see. He's all the way to stage 14 of the 07 TdF before he does anything and finishes same time with Rass in kind of a last man standing kind of climb. No attacking wins the rest of the tour.

08 Giro. wins by 04 seconds in a time management win.

08 Vuelta. 1 attacking win.

Out of 4 grand tour wins, there is 1 where he was aggressive.

How many times did you seen "the look' from Lance?

You go all romantic, throw in a little French and suddenly you're talking about a rider that does not yet exist.

 

[Bronstein]

Reality check time.

Let's see. He's all the way to stage 14 of the 07 TdF before he does anything and finishes same time with Rass in kind of a last man standing kind of climb. No attacking wins the rest of the tour.

08 Giro. wins by 04 seconds in a time management win.

08 Vuelta. 1 attacking win.

Out of 4 grand tour wins, there is 1 where he was aggressive.

How many times did you seen "the look' from Lance?

You go all romantic, throw in a little French and suddenly you're talking about a rider that does not yet exist.

You're forgetting about Verbier at the TdF last year. At the 2008 Vuelta, Contador attacked on both stages 13 and 14, which he subsequently won. I don't know where you got the idea of '1 attacking win' from.

 

[Race Radio]

I don't know where you got the idea of '1 attacking win' from.

He thought he might of seen it on the internet or Twitter or something.

 

[MrContador]

Reality check time.
Let's see. He's all the way to stage 14 of the 07 TdF before he does anything and finishes same time with Rass in kind of a last man standing kind of climb. No attacking wins the rest of the tour.

08 Giro. wins by 04 seconds in a time management win.

08 Vuelta. 1 attacking win.

Out of 4 grand tour wins, there is 1 where he was aggressive.

How many times did you seen "the look' from Lance?

You go all romantic, throw in a little French and suddenly you're talking about a rider that does not yet exist.

Excuse me, but did you even watch those races? In the 2007 Tour, he attacked on Col du Galibier on the final alpine stage, but was caught downhill. He attacked again on Plateau de Beille, and the stage Vinokourov won, he was a maniac, attacking Rasmussen all the way up Col de Peyresourde. He continued his attacking on Aubisque, but couldn't drop Rasmussen, and ended up cracking.

He wasn't prepared for the 2008 Giro, and in the Vuelta he did more than attack once. He attacked on Rabassa and gained some seconds. I think he attacked the next day too, but I don't really remember if it was him or Valverde who started it. He cracked everyone with his attacks on Angliru, and attacked again on Fuentes de Invierno. In the 2009 Tour, Bruyneel controlled everything, but he still attacked several times. On Arcalis, Verbier and Colombiere. Unfortunately, Bruyneel gave him restrictions. Who knows how big his winning margine would've been if Armstrong hadn't been on his team?

 

[bianchigirl]

How many times did we see 'the Look'? Um, once.

Nicely precised MrContador - and we haven't even mentioned his performances at Paris-Nice, for example

 

[Mellow Velo]

What a difference a day makes.
24 hours on and Crankie is suddenly not so keen on the 2008 Giro, that he proudly announced Bruyneel had won.
He's got more mood swings than a bunch of teenage girls on absinthe.

 

[Ferminal]

Reality check time.

Let's see. He's all the way to stage 14 of the 07 TdF before he does anything and finishes same time with Rass in kind of a last man standing kind of climb. No attacking wins the rest of the tour.

08 Giro. wins by 04 seconds in a time management win.

08 Vuelta. 1 attacking win.

Out of 4 grand tour wins, there is 1 where he was aggressive.

How many times did you seen "the look' from Lance?

You go all romantic, throw in a little French and suddenly you're talking about a rider that does not yet exist.

As opposed to the hundreds of attacks launched by Sir Lancelot in his 7 GT wins?

 

[lagartija]

Reality check time.

Let's see. He's all the way to stage 14 of the 07 TdF before he does anything and finishes same time with Rass in kind of a last man standing kind of climb. No attacking wins the rest of the tour.

08 Giro. wins by 04 seconds in a time management win.

08 Vuelta. 1 attacking win.

Out of 4 grand tour wins, there is 1 where he was aggressive.

How many times did you seen "the look' from Lance?

You go all romantic, throw in a little French and suddenly you're talking about a rider that does not yet exist.

just checking, are you talking about Alberto Contador ? as in he does not attack in races ? just want to be real clear hear before i call you out

 

[Señor_Contador]

just checking, are you talking about Alberto Contador ? as in he does not attack in races ? just want to be real clear hear before i call you out

Yes, that is what he is saying.

And before, you respond, he knows he is ridiculously wrong. He just wants to elicit some type of response from a sucka.