He disrespected the race the way he worded it. That's the issue.El Pistolero said:He has nothing to prove anymore at the Giro. He finally won his 2 stages there and 2 Giri and the points classification.
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He disrespected the race the way he worded it. That's the issue.El Pistolero said:He has nothing to prove anymore at the Giro. He finally won his 2 stages there and 2 Giri and the points classification.
I tell you, it sounds much worse in the original Spanish:mortailcoil said:They're only words. Forgetting the tone from language translation, he probably meant it differently.
El año que viene volveré para ganar el Tour y me centraré en exclusiva para esta carrera, que es la más importante. Y para ello no iré al Giro. Al Giro nunca más.
hrotha said:He disrespected the race the way he worded it. That's the issue.
goggalor said:Bert appears to have given up on the Giro-Tour double.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011...to-return-to-tour-de-france-and-win-it_186156
Fus087 said:In an interview on Danish TV, Contador said the exact opposite.
When asked whether he regrets having ridden the Giro, he shook his head and said (possibly paraphrasing): "No. I will never change my schedule just for the Tour. I've won the Giro, Catalunya, Murcia... I'll never change my season just for the Tour."
El Pistolero said:Didn't you hate Contador because his interviews were filled with lies? Well, the Giro is a waste of time, so he isn't lying this time.
The Hitch said:When was this?
The Hitch said:When was this?
lol, thats not what you were saying in May sunshine. Contador does lie all the time, which is his main fault. Which makes it all the more amazing that he wouldnt be able to just keep his mouth shut and lie if needbe say that the Giro is also an important race rather than insulting it.
But it seems to me if Contador or Gilbert focused their season around the Sun Tour you would be talking about how great a race it is. You are one of the few posters that is hear year round, even during the winter, and the second Contador says the Tour is all that matters, your the first to say "Giro is a waste of time"
The Hitch said:When was this?
Here is the link: http://tv2sport.dk/node/81995
"He has no regrets that he did attempt to win the rare double.
- No, no, no. I would not change anything in relation to preparations for the Tour. I know that if you drive the Giro, so it becomes harder to win the Tour. I know.
- But I have been happy to ride both the Giro, Tour of Catalonia and the Vuelta a Castilla y León and would not change anything, he says."
Parrulo said:what is all this fuss about?
the guy failed to pull the double and prolly thinks its not worth the risk of keep losing the tour after winning the giro just to try for the double. and he is right.
are we suppose to pretend that winning the giro is more important then winning the tour just cus as a race we prefer the giro?
people everywhere are saying that contador didn't won this years tour because he wasn't doping like last year. if you try to tell those people that he wasn't in top shape because of the giro they won't even listen. and thats a fact.
and i didn't see any lack of respect he just said he won't ride the giro again . . . or was he supposed to pretend that he wants to ride the giro again to please us?
"Es un año diferente, una sensación que no vivía desde 2007, pero me deja un buen sabor de boca. El año ha sido excepcional y con eso me quedo. De todas las formas voy a pedir que me dejen subirme un rato al podio", ha dicho irónicamente Alberto Contador.
El Pistolero said:It is a waste of time for him cause he already won it twice. What would be the point of a third victory? If he was good enough to do the double it would be worth it, but he's not good enough, so it's a waste of time for him. No offence to the Giro, but it's true. And I never thought Contador was going to start the Tour in May
You think lies are the same as tact and courtesy?El Pistolero said:Didn't you hate Contador because his interviews were filled with lies? Well, the Giro is a waste of time, so he isn't lying this time. I don't find it disrespectful when saying you're never going to enter the Giro again by the way.
No, he's not mad at the Giro, he just said plainly it's not worth its time. Sure, the Tour is the most important race and you want to win it then you probably shouldn't do the Giro, but this is like having sex with a woman, and the next morning, when she asks if you're going to call her, you say "Nope. Never ever".Parrulo said:doesn't look like he is mad at the giro at all . . .
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:Well he has won the tour 3 times, so by your logic he shouldn't ride that either.
anyway I guess ac was just blunt. He has the right to priortise what ever race he wants. Probably better off saying nothing tho.
hrotha said:You think lies are the same as tact and courtesy?
No, he's not mad at the Giro, he just said plainly it's not worth its time. Sure, the Tour is the most important race and you want to win it then you probably shouldn't do the Giro, but this is like having sex with a woman, and the next morning, when she asks if you're going to call her, you say "Nope. Never ever".
That's stupid. It's not the race of the tifosi, it's the race of RCS.El Pistolero said:If anyone showed tact and courtesy during the Giro it was Contador. If anyone didn't show it, it were the Italian tifosi. They didn't respect him, please don't ask for him to respect their national race then. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
El Pistolero said:If anyone showed tact and courtesy during the Giro it was Contador. If anyone didn't show it, it were the Italian tifosi. They didn't respect him, please don't ask for him to respect their national race then. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
El Pistolero said:If anyone showed tact and courtesy during the Giro it was Contador. If anyone didn't show it, it were the Italian tifosi. They didn't respect him, please don't ask for him to respect their national race then. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
The Hitch said:He was only ever booed on stage 14 actually btw.
He hasnt been respected in any race hes done outside Spain this season. So saying hes skipping the Giro because they booed him there isnt a good explanation.
hrotha said:That's stupid. It's not the race of the tifosi, it's the race of RCS.