Contador blasts LA

[Ninety5rpm]

Lance made several extremely disrepectful comments about Contador.

I call BS. Lack of specifics, again.

Lance was not considering Contador's feelings for one second.

This is not about feelings, for crying out loud. These are grown men.

Contador was a former tour winner and one several other major races. Lances comments were bizarrely disrespectful.

More conjecture with no specifics???

Rebuking contador publicly for stuff that was a matter of interpretation was inflammatory.

Such as????

 

[fulcrum]

Lance made several extremely disrepectful comments about Contador. Lance was not considering Contador's feelings for one second. Contador was a former tour winner and one several other major races. Lances comments were bizarrely disrespectful. Rebuking contador publicly for stuff that was a matter of interpretation was inflammatory. I started off being a LA fan boy but I am now pretty disillusioned. usurping contadors transportation to the itt was right in line with the humiliating comments LA made about AC in public.
Contador is obviously a self motivated type and isnt going to respond favourably to bullying. My conclusion is that Lance has zero social skills or is creating drama like they do in pro wrestling.

+1

Lance's constant provocations during the Tour, the bus incident, the water bottle incident, the car incident, toasting only when the result of the stage was beneficial to him and not when Contador won stages, forcing the isolation of AC within the team, when you put all of it together it is quite a body of work.

I'm surprised AC only said he didn't respect Lance. I would have said much worse. And props to AC for waiting until the end of the Tour to speak, unlike Armstrong, who tried to use those tactics to gain an advantage during the race.

 

[balkou]

Contador is obviously a self motivated type and isnt going to respond favourably to bullying. My conclusion is that Lance has zero social skills or is creating drama like they do in pro wrestling.

You can not say that Lance has zero social skills. Not at all. And that's the reason that demonstrates that he didn't want to get along with AC in the first place.
And as I remember all the sweet talk in the past when AC recovered from his health troubles...

 

[rhubroma]

+1

Lance's constant provocations during the Tour, the bus incident, the water bottle incident, the car incident, toasting only when the result of the stage was beneficial to him and not when Contador won stages, forcing the isolation of AC within the team, when you put all of it together it is quite a body of work.

I'm surprised AC only said he didn't respect Lance. I would have said much worse. And props to AC for waiting until the end of the Tour to speak, unlike Armstrong, who tried to use those tactics to gain an advantage during the race.

+10, that AC didn't say worse means that the Godfather still has lots of power...

 

[auscyclefan94]

Contador is still a very immature rider. Stop acting like a phucking baby Alberto. You may not like Lance but he conducts himself with pure class.

 

[fulcrum]

Contador is still a very immature rider. Stop acting like a phucking baby Alberto. You may not like Lance but he conducts himself with pure class.

There is no "class" in "white trash".

 

[RhodriM]

Contador is still a very immature rider. Stop acting like a phucking baby Alberto. You may not like Lance but he conducts himself with pure class.

How is giving his opinion of someone acting like a baby?

Much better to criticise someone after the tour rather than during it.

 

[MKirilenko]

Haha, now Im beginning to regret that Contador didnt attack LA on Ventoux and show him the 'L' sign (looser) and "tweet" after finish that LA has a lot more to learn than him.
So childlish and immature of Lance. He thinks he's the center of the world. Douchebag
Cant wait to see AC destroy and humiliate LA on TdF 2010

 

[auscyclefan94]

How is giving his opinion of someone acting like a baby?

Much better to criticise someone after the tour rather than during it.

It wasn't having an opinion. It was having a go at him. The team mate who didn't nessercarily like him but worked for him by recognising his strength. I think AC needs to give some credit to LA.

 

[rhubroma]

Contador is still a very immature rider. Stop acting like a phucking baby Alberto. You may not like Lance but he conducts himself with pure class.

Disagree. Someone with true class knows when it's time to sing the swan song, take a last bow. The problem is that for Lance, it's always about Lance no matter what the situation. And he just expected even AC to jump on the bandwagon with unconditional support. Not a class act, but that of an over-inflated ego.

And LA is also the man who chased down Simeoni....true class, that.

 

[fulcrum]

It wasn't having an opinion. It was having a go at him. The team mate who didn't nessercarily like him but worked for him by recognising his strength. I think AC needs to give some credit to LA.

LA did shit for AC. The only "help" AC got from LA was phsycological warfare and a surrender (in the form of no attacks on the road) after AC proved he was the stronger guy.

Lance should look at tapes of Heras, Rubiera, Ekimov, Hincapie to see how a true teammate and domestique helps the team leader. Instead, he was too busy with his twitter.

There is no "Heras" in "Lance"

 

[auscyclefan94]

LA did shit for AC. The only "help" AC got from LA was phsycological warfare and a surrender (in the form of no attacks on the road) after AC proved he was the stronger guy.

Lance should look at tapes of Heras, Rubiera, Ekimov, Hincapie to see how a true teammate and domestique helps the team leader. Instead, he was too busy with his twitter.

There is no "Heras" in "Lance"

He did, defending somebodies lead when they are ahead and marking attacks is helping. He did work for him on the early slopes of the climb. Any way how can he help him if AC goes against team tatics and rides away without any orders. It seems to be all about him.

 

[jamfra67]

The bridge to Lance is not the only one he is burning. When you win the Tour and don't thank and show your appreciation for the team, that's just stupid.

The only persons he did not show appreciation for is the back stabbing Lance Levi and bruyneel. The three stooges. Adios amigos

 

[fulcrum]

He did, defending somebodies lead when they are ahead and marking attacks is helping. He did work for him on the early slopes of the climb. Any way how can he help him if AC goes against team tatics and rides away without any orders. It seems to be all about him.

As I said, the only help he got is in the form of no attacks. Sitting on Wiggo's wheel is not working for AC, it's respecting the team leader. Working for AC would be Lance setting a tempo up Mt Ventoux for 10 km until he was exhausted and giving up 10 minutes in the GC. That's what domestiques do. The rest is BS. Lance never rode tempo for AC uphill. Because Lance was worried about his place in the GC, something Lance would have never allowed any domestique in Discovery or US Postal. Lance rode for Lance. We all saw it.

 

[mordor]

LA is grumpy he didnt have the legs and is using, as always, Twitter to tell the world how much AC has to learn etc. I wonder how LA would have taken it if one of his rivals had said he had lots to learn when he had those 2 bad days in the Tour (Albi TT and MTN I forget).

Then LA carries on about how there is no 'I' in team and AC couldnt have won without the team. So what does LA do, goes for dinner with his new sponsors instead of showing respect to the team, something he acuses AC of not having.

And what is this nonsense about the global cancer fight that was LA's motivation for coming back to cycling. So to increase publicity about cancer he rides for a Kazahk backed squad and now starting Radioshack??? Both major players in the cancer fight and industry.

LA is a global figure and could FAR more by campaigning for cancer research off the bike, it was his ego that brought him back, not some philanthropic charitable exercise he says it is.

All a bit dissapointing really. He could do such great work. Instead we get the grumblings of someone with sour grapes on Twitter.

 

[jamfra67]

I think you reflect AC's perspective rather well, and also the problem, which Axel Merckx addressed today.

It is clear than AC will be a problem for bruyneel Lance and his Radioshack outfit, but not the peleton. Axel is with the gang ok. So on whose side do you think Pedro Delgado, Miguel Indurain and Bernard Hinault is? The point is that AC is their prioblem and not the peletons problem. He is the obstacle who will derail their grand plan. Just watch and see it play out next year. Fireworks galore. Al they can do is try and buy out the schlecks to ease out the pressure.

 

[RhodriM]

Getting yourself a new team and announcing it during the tour is a strange way of looking at 'teamwork'.

 

[auscyclefan94]

As I said, the only help he got is in the form of no attacks. Sitting on Wiggo's wheel is not working for AC, it's respecting the team leader. Working for AC would be Lance setting a tempo up Mt Ventoux for 10 km until he was exhausted and giving up 10 minutes in the GC. That's what domestiques do. The rest is BS. Lance never rode tempo for AC uphill. Because Lance was worried about his place in the GC, something Lance would have never allowed any domestique in Discovery or US Postal. Lance rode for Lance. We all saw it.

When AC attacks randomly how can lance work for him? He did pace him up thte mountains for a while.

 

[jamfra67]

Contador is still a very immature rider. Stop acting like a phucking baby Alberto. You may not like Lance but he conducts himself with pure class.

What class? like skipping AC victory celebration? The gran plan to put lance in yellow and subordinate Ac to Lance failed and backfired. All of you all mouths were shut tight when Lance, Levi and Bruyneel were talking their convenient Gabbage. You want it fight for it and thats what AC did. He put a lock on them so they whinned all through the tour

 

[labratty]

No he was just in the wrong by being a tosser and launching a personal attack once he was back in Spain hiding behind his momma's apron. I think LA has been unusually restrained in his return comments. Fact is LA has never made a personal attack on AC, he has made smarts about his riding but has never stooped to denigrating him personally as AC has just done.

Denigrate him personally? he said he does not like the guy at all, that's it. It didn't say LA is a poor rider, has an electric motor stashed on the bike somewhere, or eats puppies (or even kicks them). You need to learn what words mean before you use them.

 

[auscyclefan94]

What class? like skipping AC victory celebration? The gran plan to put lance in yellow and subordinate Ac to Lance failed and backfired. All of you all mouths were shut tight when Lance, Levi and Bruyneel were talking their convenient Gabbage. You want it fight for it and thats what AC did. He put a lock on them so they whinned all through the tour

Cycling is a team sport. A bit of recognition would be nice from Alberto even if he doesan't like lance. Alberto will come off 2nd best in the end. I guarantee it. I think class ids the wrong word to use on my behalf. I meant that he handles himself better in the media and is a more mature pesrson

 

[jamfra67]

It wasn't having an opinion. It was having a go at him. The team mate who didn't nessercarily like him but worked for him by recognising his strength. I think AC needs to give some credit to LA.

Lance worked for AC in which race? What race were you watching? You are so unbeleivable to make such a statement. LA showed him no respect as the leader of the team from the start. To get respect you earn it. You dont get it by disrespecting the one you want it from. Respect is a two way street

 

[badboyberty]

I'd assume the team thank-you from Alberto was delivered at the victory dinner on the 25th. The only reason Lance didn't hear it was he was off having dinner with a different team's sponsors.

 

[jamfra67]

He did, defending somebodies lead when they are ahead and marking attacks is helping. He did work for him on the early slopes of the climb. Any way how can he help him if AC goes against team tatics and rides away without any orders. It seems to be all about him.

cope out lousy excuse

 

[auscyclefan94]

Lance worked for AC in which race? What race were you watching? You are so unbeleivable to make such a statement. LA showed him no respect as the leader of the team from the start. To get respect you earn it. You dont get it by disrespecting the one you want it from. Respect is a two way street

Lance does respect AC. He even said that AC is the best climber and gt rider in the world. It's impossible for lance to work for AC if AC doesn't follow team tatics. Lance did ride for AC by riding on the front for him portecting him. He also didn't attack AC while he was with wiggins on the grand bornand stage. you could tell that lance could go with some of the guys who went up the road.