Teams & Riders He's coming home!!!! Alejandro Valverde comeback thread.

[Miburo]

Congrats piti, amazing season so far.

Definitely the best rider this year!

 

[Mr.White]

Re:

Pathetic how happy he is for a 3rd place. He clearly lacks a winner's mentality.

Sometimes it's better to just shut up!

We're talking about no.1 rider in the world atm, and he lacks winner mentality?!!!

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

Pathetic how happy he is for a 3rd place. He clearly lacks a winner's mentality.

Sometimes it's better to just shut up!

We're talking about no.1 rider in the world atm, and he lacks winner mentality?!!!

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

 

[djpbaltimore]

2014: The path to the podium opens up like Moses parting the Red Sea and Valverde can't beat JC Peraud.
2015: Arguably, the greatest assembled GC field since Operation Puerto and Valverde lands on the podium. Go figure...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

What a year for Valverde. I'll never be a fan of his racing style in WT races (too defensive most of the time), but you can only respect his performances. 35 years, 2nd AGR, wins LBL+FW, and then 3rd in the Tour.
Insane!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

What a great ride from Valverde! Happy for him. He's been riding very smart and has actually been one of the more aggressive riders in the Tour.

 

[jaylew]

Re: Re:

Pathetic how happy he is for a 3rd place. He clearly lacks a winner's mentality.

Sometimes it's better to just shut up!

We're talking about no.1 rider in the world atm, and he lacks winner mentality?!!!

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

It would be different if he had already been on the podium at the Tour. You don't see him crying when coming second at Worlds or Lombardia.

Still, 2nd and 3rd is good, Netserk. Really, it is. I know you operate under the "2nd place is 1st loser" principle but not everyone does. The Tour is the pinnacle of the sport. It's ok to be thrilled at getting on the podium in the biggest event in your sport. Do you feel the same about all those people who cry when they win silver and bronze medals in the Olympics?

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

Pathetic how happy he is for a 3rd place. He clearly lacks a winner's mentality.

Sometimes it's better to just shut up!

We're talking about no.1 rider in the world atm, and he lacks winner mentality?!!!

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

It would be different if he had already been on the podium at the Tour. You don't see him crying when coming second at Worlds or Lombardia.

Still, 2nd and 3rd is good, Netserk. Really, it is. I know you operate under the "2nd place is 1st loser" principle but not everyone does. The Tour is the pinnacle of the sport. It's ok to be thrilled at getting on the podium in the biggest event in your sport. Do you feel the same about all those people who cry when they win silver and bronze medals in the Olympics?

Yes, of course.

That said, I don't think Uran was as happy with his silver as Valverde is with his 3rd place.

 

[Mr.White]

Re: Re:

Pathetic how happy he is for a 3rd place. He clearly lacks a winner's mentality.

Sometimes it's better to just shut up!

We're talking about no.1 rider in the world atm, and he lacks winner mentality?!!!

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

He is happy with the Tour podium, not every podium... That's understandable, it eluded him for 10 years for Christ sake!

 

[Mr.White]

Re: Re:

Pathetic how happy he is for a 3rd place. He clearly lacks a winner's mentality.

Sometimes it's better to just shut up!

We're talking about no.1 rider in the world atm, and he lacks winner mentality?!!!

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

It would be different if he had already been on the podium at the Tour. You don't see him crying when coming second at Worlds or Lombardia.

Still, 2nd and 3rd is good, Netserk. Really, it is. I know you operate under the "2nd place is 1st loser" principle but not everyone does. The Tour is the pinnacle of the sport. It's ok to be thrilled at getting on the podium in the biggest event in your sport. Do you feel the same about all those people who cry when they win silver and bronze medals in the Olympics?

Yes, of course.

That said, I don't think Uran was as happy with his silver as Valverde is with his 3rd place.

Well Valverde was not happy with his 3rd place in Florence either..

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

It would be different if he had already been on the podium at the Tour. You don't see him crying when coming second at Worlds or Lombardia.

Still, 2nd and 3rd is good, Netserk. Really, it is. I know you operate under the "2nd place is 1st loser" principle but not everyone does. The Tour is the pinnacle of the sport. It's ok to be thrilled at getting on the podium in the biggest event in your sport. Do you feel the same about all those people who cry when they win silver and bronze medals in the Olympics?

Yes, of course.

That said, I don't think Uran was as happy with his silver as Valverde is with his 3rd place.

Well Valverde was not happy with his 3rd place in Florence either..

Huh? I think you are mistaking him with Purito. Piti was quite content with his medal.

 

[Mr.White]

But not happy

 

[jaylew]

Re: Re:

Pathetic how happy he is for a 3rd place. He clearly lacks a winner's mentality.

Sometimes it's better to just shut up!

We're talking about no.1 rider in the world atm, and he lacks winner mentality?!!!

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

It would be different if he had already been on the podium at the Tour. You don't see him crying when coming second at Worlds or Lombardia.

Still, 2nd and 3rd is good, Netserk. Really, it is. I know you operate under the "2nd place is 1st loser" principle but not everyone does. The Tour is the pinnacle of the sport. It's ok to be thrilled at getting on the podium in the biggest event in your sport. Do you feel the same about all those people who cry when they win silver and bronze medals in the Olympics?

Yes, of course.

That said, I don't think Uran was as happy with his silver as Valverde is with his 3rd place.

I don't know that you can say that definitively. Who knows how he felt about it in the resulting days? Besides, it's a diferent scenario as Uran could have conceivably won gold and there was never a scenario where 1st was in the cards for Bala.

Anyway, you thinking it's pathetic for people to cry after winning silver and bronze medals in the Olympics just means that you and I will never understand each other when it comes to this issue. You obviously don't think there's great value in a performance unless you're the absolute best and I wholeheartedly disagree.

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

It would be different if he had already been on the podium at the Tour. You don't see him crying when coming second at Worlds or Lombardia.

Still, 2nd and 3rd is good, Netserk. Really, it is. I know you operate under the "2nd place is 1st loser" principle but not everyone does. The Tour is the pinnacle of the sport. It's ok to be thrilled at getting on the podium in the biggest event in your sport. Do you feel the same about all those people who cry when they win silver and bronze medals in the Olympics?

Yes, of course.

That said, I don't think Uran was as happy with his silver as Valverde is with his 3rd place.

I don't know that you can say that definitively. Who knows how he felt about it in the resulting days? Besides, it's a diferent scenario as Uran could have conceivably won gold and there was never a scenario where 1st was in the cards for Bala.

Anyway, you thinking it's pathetic for people to cry after winning silver and bronze medals in the Olympics just means that you and I will never understand each other when it comes to this issue. You obviously don't think there's great value in a performance unless you're the absolute best and I wholeheartedly disagree.

Strawman much. Of course there is. I just don't think one should celebrate a loss.

 

[SeriousSam]

You have some peculiarly excessive standards as to what warrants celebration then. But whatever, it's not like any of this (prefereces) can be reasonably discussed.

If one wanted to understand why athletes in all sports highly value placings like 2nd and 3rd, that would be easy to do.

 

[jaylew]

Re: Re:

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

It would be different if he had already been on the podium at the Tour. You don't see him crying when coming second at Worlds or Lombardia.

Still, 2nd and 3rd is good, Netserk. Really, it is. I know you operate under the "2nd place is 1st loser" principle but not everyone does. The Tour is the pinnacle of the sport. It's ok to be thrilled at getting on the podium in the biggest event in your sport. Do you feel the same about all those people who cry when they win silver and bronze medals in the Olympics?

Yes, of course.

That said, I don't think Uran was as happy with his silver as Valverde is with his 3rd place.

I don't know that you can say that definitively. Who knows how he felt about it in the resulting days? Besides, it's a diferent scenario as Uran could have conceivably won gold and there was never a scenario where 1st was in the cards for Bala.

Anyway, you thinking it's pathetic for people to cry after winning silver and bronze medals in the Olympics just means that you and I will never understand each other when it comes to this issue. You obviously don't think there's great value in a performance unless you're the absolute best and I wholeheartedly disagree.

Strawman much. Of course there is. I just don't think one should celebrate a loss.

How is it a strawman? So, you're saying there is great value in winning a bronze or silver but you shouldn't celebrate it? So all those athletes draping their flags around themselves and celebrating or crying after winning a medal are pathetic for doing so?

Certainly you won't see Usain Bolt celebrating a bunch if he gets a bronze next year, but that's because he's been the best. It's perfectly understandable for someone to celebrate getting any medal in an event when they never have or if they weren't expecting it.

 

[Fernandez]

Dont know why answering netserk. Hes trolling all the way. We all know how hard valverde wanted this. Hes been pursuing it his whole career. Id bet that the happiest person tomorrow at the podiulm will be valverde.

 

[Miburo]

If he wins worlds this year and maybe even the vuelta (you never know) then...

 

[Red Rick]

I hope that now he's achieved his long dream of podium the Tour he'll finally give a shot at dem Giro d'Italia. All those medium mountain stages should suit him very well, even though the brutal mountains may be too much for him.

 

[Billie]

Re: Re:

Pathetic how happy he is for a 3rd place. He clearly lacks a winner's mentality.

Sometimes it's better to just shut up!

We're talking about no.1 rider in the world atm, and he lacks winner mentality?!!!

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

Vanmarcke and Degenkolb both celebrated when they came over the line in the 2014 Ronde and Roubaix. It was pathetic but totally different from today cause their odds to win that day were 10x bigger than Valverde's to win le tour

 

[Billie]

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If he wins worlds this year and maybe even the vuelta (you never know) then...

Really hoping he wins either Worlds or Lombardia. Doubt he can win the Vuelta (very likely for podium) but winning one of those two would be awesome

 

[jaylew]

Re:

I hope that now he's achieved his long dream of podium the Tour he'll finally give a shot at dem Giro d'Italia. All those medium mountain stages should suit him very well, even though the brutal mountains may be too much for him.

I agree, I'd love to finally see him at the Giro.

Giro+Ardennes, a break, then Vuelta+Lombardia+Worlds would be great program though Movistar will probably want to see him in the Tour since they'll likely be wanting the best team possible around Nairo. Maybe Amador and Intxausti (if he stays) could be Nairo's main mtn doms instead?

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

I don't know that you can say that definitively. Who knows how he felt about it in the resulting days? Besides, it's a diferent scenario as Uran could have conceivably won gold and there was never a scenario where 1st was in the cards for Bala.

Anyway, you thinking it's pathetic for people to cry after winning silver and bronze medals in the Olympics just means that you and I will never understand each other when it comes to this issue. You obviously don't think there's great value in a performance unless you're the absolute best and I wholeheartedly disagree.

Strawman much. Of course there is. I just don't think one should celebrate a loss.

How is it a strawman? So, you're saying there is great value in winning a bronze or silver but you shouldn't celebrate it? So all those athletes draping their flags around themselves and celebrating or crying after winning a medal are pathetic for doing so?

Certainly you won't see Usain Bolt celebrating a bunch if he gets a bronze next year, but that's because he's been the best. It's perfectly understandable for someone to celebrate getting any medal in an event when they never have or if they weren't expecting it.

How can you continue to misrepresent what I am writing?! No I don't think a 2nd or 3rd place has great value in itself. I do think that there are performances other than those that win you races that have great value. I think Cancellara's performance in Ronde '11 was great, but it wasn't because he got 3rd. Purito's ride in Florence had great value as well, but to me it wouldn't matter if he got caught by Piti and Nibali as well and finished 4th. Losing, if done while doing your best to win, can have great value, but a secondary position in itself is worthless in my opinion.

 

[hfer07]

Alejandro in tears after achieving his TDF podium goal

https://video-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xpa1/v/t42.1790-2/11743988_1049587468392568_883354000_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjk4MiwicmxhIjo1MTJ9&rl=982&vabr=546&oh=f11a0f2035319ea21b9ecbb3a58cf4b0&oe=55B3EC0D

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

Pathetic how happy he is for a 3rd place. He clearly lacks a winner's mentality.

Sometimes it's better to just shut up!

We're talking about no.1 rider in the world atm, and he lacks winner mentality?!!!

Can you name me one rider in the world who is as happy as he is with secondary positions?

Vanmarcke and Degenkolb both celebrated when they came over the line in the 2014 Ronde and Roubaix. It was pathetic but totally different from today cause their odds to win that day were 10x bigger than Valverde's to win le tour

Don't remember Vanmarcke celebrating then, but Degenkolb celebrating his 2nd place was absolutely pathetic as well. He had a great chance to win, but was content with 2nd so didn't do *** to get on Terpstra when he attacked.