Contador blasts LA

[jpmcmahonjr]

Lance invented bicycle racing. He has single-handedly saved millions of lives from cancer. He didn't win the Tour this year because he had to help his teammate win. He is an incredibly selfless competitor, and will always work for the team first. Lance will save bicycle racing, having invented it, and will help lots of up-and-coming cyclists make new careers, being totally selfless. Lance has amazing taste in music and art, and simply put, the coolest person on the planet. Lance has bedded lots of gorgeous and sophisticated women.

Lance is God!

Our next Borat thank goodness there is another one.

 

[richwagmn]

this thread rocks. let's just keep it going till next July. i love you guys. no, really.

Admit, we're all already suffering from Tour withdrawal...

 

[frizzlefry]

It was irrelevent. To Pistolero anyways.

Obviously.

 

[Wheels Go Round and Round]

Now thats putting straight. The best tactic is to lay it on your opponents where you know they cannot match you and for contador thats the mountains. He destroyed on them on his own turf. Thats my man. The fear of LA is gone finito. The myth have been exposed

MYTH??????
HE WON 7 TDF'S

 

[jpmcmahonjr]

Actually the EU's GDP is higher than America's. Look it up. The web is wonderful thing.

You should turn off Fox news can get out more.

EU's GDP is higher than America's? Are you including every inch of Europe or the ones that actually do support cycling financially? Thanks I look forward to your educated internet response.

 

[iceaxe]

Has anyone seen contador with a girl???

 

[Anonymous]

So you're saying Lance never road away from one of his teammates after they shelled the peloton with that crazy fast tempo thing they used to do because he was concerned about his teammates place on the GC? Just want to be clear.

Don't remember seeing Lance attacking at that point. I believe there was another's entire team on the front.

 

[jpmcmahonjr]

LOL Excuses Excuses to justify your point. So next year he will not be focussing on winning with Lance right? I guess Bruyneels Plan is to make Lance a superdomestique for a new star. If its a new star he stands an outside chance,but with Lance as his team leader no way it's over

That is going to be the fun part when next July we get to see it for real> What happens if for arguments sake and the stars do come together just right and you end up wrong. Not predicting, but if it did you sure would look purty smart there sir.

 

[RigelKent]

EU's GDP is higher than America's? Are you including every inch of Europe or the ones that actually do support cycling financially? Thanks I look forward to your educated internet response.

France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland = more than US. Search GDP on Wiki if you doubt it.

 

[frizzlefry]

Has anyone seen contador with a girl???

........

 

[frizzlefry]

Has anyone seen contador with a girl???

At least LA is spreading his seed.

 

[pmcg76]

Salaries in Cycling go up as any other sport in the world. They go up by this guy got this and that guy got that. Lance has increased salaries for cyclists hads down. You don't have to agree it's just plain fact. Lance brought huge dollars into the sport and no Belgium's national economy doesn't touch America's. Hell, put all those countries you listed together and they won't touch America's. Before Lance there was who in sponsors. Festina, T-Mobile, etc. They are all gone, but now there are hmmmmm. Columbia, Garmin, RadioShack. Was USPS, Discovery and a lot more with large American ties. Get a grip and grasp the truth of the international model.

You don't attribute the American aspect to being that big of a deal? Well, that is 3 of thehighest salaried teams in the world. I guess your right my bad.

I think if you check facts, cycling slaries have not improved that much, they still are dwarfed by other sports.

USPS were in the sport before Lance joined so throw that argument out the window. Garmin are one of the lesser ProTour teams budget wise. Columbia started sponsoring a team when Lance werent even racing. Why was their no explosion of US sponosrs during the 7 years when Lance was dominating?

I will give you RadioShack and Discovery Channel though, but in the 90s, there was Motorola & Subaru (2 pretty big companies) racing the pro circuit so no major changes on the US sponsor front. What about Coca-Cola who were sponsors at the Tour long before Lance arrived. Why are so many US domestc races struggling this year if Lance is so important. Philly, the best one day US race was almost cancelled this year.

My original point was most European countries have a more than healthy racing scene without Lance, what the US having a larger economy has got to do with that I just dont know

 

[usedtobefast]

I have seen several candidates worthy of Contador's tactical level for the next tour. You guys should send in your applications.

they could have a team sponsored by Craftsmen Tools, if you catch my meaning.

 

[Anonymous]

So by your logic you only attack when none of your teammates cannot lose time? I mean Lance violated that rule how many times in his 7 year run? Vernier was ok because why? Kloden and Armstrong lost over one minute. Next you'll say he was wrong to win the ITT when he had a comfortable lead.

Just a bunch of nonsense being advanced because Armstrong didn't have it this year.

Tell me a time similar to stage 17 that Lance attacked only dropping his own teamate? NEVER happened. Why? Because it makes no tatical sense. You saying that LA, Levi, Horner and Bruyneel are all wrong? Horner called the move "amateurish". Go to his twitter and watch the TV interview. But I guess he's in the tank for LA too, right?

 

[RigelKent]

I think if you check facts, cycling slaries have not improved that much, they still are dwarfed by other sports.

USPS were in the sport before Lance joined so throw that argument out the window. Garmin are one of the lesser ProTour teams budget wise. Columbia started sponsoring a team when Lance werent even racing. Why was their no explosion of US sponosrs during the 7 years when Lance was dominating?

I will give you RadioShack and Discovery Channel though, but in the 90s, there was Motorola & Subaru (2 pretty big companies) racing the pro circuit so no major changes on the US sponsor front. What about Coca-Cola who were sponsors at the Tour long before Lance arrived. Why are so many US domestc races struggling this year if Lance is so important. Philly, the best one day US race was almost cancelled this year.

My original point was most European countries have a more than healthy racing scene without Lance, what the US having a larger economy has got to do with that I just dont know

Subaru is Japanese. CSC was US, though.

 

[frizzlefry]

Why are so many US domestc races struggling this year if Lance is so important. Philly, the best one day US race was almost cancelled this year.

Umm.... the economy maybe??? But go ahead blame Lance.

 

[lagartija]

Wait wait wait. So you are saying you know the team was divided? Why and how? Because Alberto says he had it tough mentally? That horrible situation ended up with a 1st, 3rd and 6th in GC and 1st in the team classification. Give me a damn break it couldn't have been that damn bad except for pistolero or in his own mind he did just win the TDF for goodness sake. Cry him a river.

BTW, I will gladly wait for proof that the whole team was divided and uncomfortable? Except for when AC decided to ignore the teams orders. Please proceed.

really, well it must have been bad for LA considering all the inane comments he made, and maybe it was so bad he decided not to celebrate with the team, and maybe it was so bad he had to walk past 2 teamates so as not to have to stand next to contador on the podium for the team prize , ............as far as team orders are concerned i found it hilarios when armstrong gains time in the split on stage 3: " its a good thing for any rider to gain time on GC regardless who it is be it levi or kloeden or lance"..according to bruyneel..but when its contador now its against team orders......and your right its great Alberto Contador is the tour de france champion

 

[jpmcmahonjr]

France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland = more than US. Search GDP on Wiki if you doubt it.

Could you do me a favor since you are so quick on the internet. Could you please do some research as to the amount of money brought to the Pro Tour from American Sponsors, (ie, specialized, trek, Garmin, Columbia, soon to be RadioShack,etc. ) There has to be more versus that of the countries you listed. Thanks in advance. Look forward to a quick response again.

 

[UpTheRoad]

Has anyone seen contador with a girl???

His girlfriend is named Macarena Pescador.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s318/skipvanmeter/340x.jpg

 

[Carboncrank]

Lance will need an army of babysitters to drag him up those climbs.

Everybody needs an army of babysitters to drag them up the climbs. Alberto has had the best ones in the business.

All the teams that ended up not contending had the problem of not having enough domestiques designed for the GC.

 

[Anonymous]

Has anyone seen contador with a girl???

Has anyone seen Lance with one that didn't favor his mother? (OK, I will give you which ever Olson twin he bagged, but she is the brown spot on the blond sheet.)

Edit: And IF Contador were into guys, he still would have finished 2 spots ahead of the Uniballer.

 

[BYOP88]

Why are so many US domestc races struggling this year if Lance is so important. Philly, the best one day US race was almost cancelled this year.

Yeah Lance returning really helped save the Tour de Georgia, good job he came back or that race would've been cancelled...oh wait what's that it was cancelled even with the return of super lance

 

[RigelKent]

Could you do me a favor since you are so quick on the internet. Could you please do some research as to the amount of money brought to the Pro Tour from American Sponsors, (ie, specialized, trek, Garmin, Columbia, soon to be RadioShack,etc. ) There has to be more versus that of the countries you listed. Thanks in advance. Look forward to a quick response again.

Sorry. No gifts.

 

[Bainreese]

Anyone have an 'actual' link to that comment by Johan on Twitter? Because I went to Johan's twitter page and I'm not seeing that. Nor did I see it on Lance's page when I googled up Lance's twitter.

 

[frizzlefry]

His girlfriend is named Macarena Pescador.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s318/skipvanmeter/340x.jpg

Macarena like the silly dance? Maybe AC will start doing the silly macarena dance instead of the pistolero.