Dekker_Tifosi said:
Contador was always a TT specialist, damn you are ignorant.
Contador won the U23 TT championships in spain, his first pro victory? A TT in Poland as 20 year old. As 21 year old he was 4th in the Paris Nice prologue which was completely flat.
Yeah right, he was a climber who suddenly started to TT. Keep telling yourself that and keep evading the FACTS, Contador was always a TT specialist. FACT!
Now go away and cry in a corner please.
My my you are very aggresive sounding, there is no need for your tone, if you wish to look at facts:
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LeMond, who writes an opinion piece in France's Le Monde newspaper during the Tour, questioned Contador's performance on the final climb to Verbier on stage 15, which the Spaniard won ahead of Andy Schleck by 43 seconds and took over the race lead. The climb came at the end of a 207.5-kilometre stage that also held five other categorised climbs.
"Alberto Contador established a speed record: he went up the 8.5 km climb in 20:55. How to explain such a performance?" wrote LeMond. "He would have required a VO2 max [maximal oxygen consumption] of 99.5 ml / min / kg to produce the effort. To my knowledge, this is a figure that has never been achieved by any athlete in any sport.
"It is like a Mercedes sedan winning a on a Formula 1 circuit. There is something wrong. It would be interesting to know what's under the hood."
Two journalists, one from Le Monde newspaper, asked Contador his VO2 max. Contador refused to answer the questions