The Climb (Froome's first autobiography)

[LaFlorecita]

How's the coffee, Alberto?

Is Contador trolling Walsh?

https://twitter.com/albertocontador/status/479624859903721473

Is a lazy coffee-drinking amigo going to win the Tour?

Cound might tweet about that

 

[thehog]

Is a lazy coffee-drinking amigo going to win the Tour?

Cound might tweet about that

And..... the photo..... The three Amigos!

Training? Just an excuse to go drinking coffee for an hour or three

All we need now is a photo of Henderson leaving Froome behind in the Grupetto

 

[LaFlorecita]

As Publicus noted in the AC discussion thread, Jesus replied to one of Contador's tweets a few days ago:

@jesushernandez3: “@albertocontador: Entrenamiento suave hoy tras una dura @dauphine .Bonito dia. @iamspecialized #TarmacSL5 http://t.co/Lh9mt5FavT”/y coffe!!

Looks like they're aware of the coffee passage in the book at the very least funny

 

[thehog]

As Publicus noted in the AC discussion thread, Jesus replied to one of Contador's tweets a few days ago:

@jesushernandez3: “@albertocontador: Entrenamiento suave hoy tras una dura @dauphine .Bonito dia. @iamspecialized #TarmacSL5 http://t.co/Lh9mt5FavT”/y coffe!!

Looks like they're aware of the coffee passage in the book at the very least funny

What's the translation?

 

[LaFlorecita]

What's the translation?

Easy training today after a hard Dauphiné. Beautiful day.

Jesus replies: y coffe!!

And coffee!! don't forget about the coffee!!

Note that though he spelled coffee wrong, he actually meant to write coffee instead of "café"

 

[ScienceIsCool]

What's the translation?

Translation: Hahahahaha. See you in July, Froome, but not for long okay?

John Swanson

 

[LaFlorecita]

And..... the photo..... The three Amigos!

Training? Just an excuse to go drinking coffee for an hour or three

All we need now is a photo of Henderson leaving Froome behind in the Grupetto

3 intense hours of coffee drinking

 

[Mishrak]

How's the coffee, Alberto?

Is Contador trolling Walsh?

https://twitter.com/albertocontador/status/479624859903721473

In case you missed it, it's in reference to this excerpt buried in the depths of this thread. Took me awhile to find it so I could link it to people.

 

[thehog]

In case you missed it, it's in reference to this excerpt buried in the depths of this thread. Took me awhile to find it so I could link it to people.

No *** Sherlock, I'm the one who posted the original story from the book

 

[LaFlorecita]

No *** Sherlock, I'm the one who posted the original story from the book

Think they were posting it for others... Not as a reply to you

 

[bigcog]

Good to see you all supporting a convicted doper over someone who isn't. Utterly utterly laughable and proves what your real agenda his here

 

[Granville57]

Is Contador trolling Walsh?

No need. Tinkoff will have a field day trolling Froome with this.

As it turned out, the coffee was quite good.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Good to see you all supporting a convicted doper over someone who isn't. Utterly utterly laughable and proves what your real agenda his here

A convicted doper is worse than an unconvicted doper?

 

[frenchfry]

How's the coffee, Alberto?

Is Contador trolling Walsh?

https://twitter.com/albertocontador/status/479624859903721473

This is great!

Doper or not, I hope Contador kicks the Dawg's **** in July.

 

[gooner]

There is saying that has been used before to sum up the rivalry with the Real Madrid and Barca and it can be applied to Contador fans.

"decry behaviour where the greatest fault is not so much the act as the actor as a justification for doing the same thing."

 

[Angliru]

Good to see you all supporting a convicted doper over someone who isn't. Utterly utterly laughable and proves what your real agenda his here

KMA

Character limit

 

[The Hitch]

There is saying that has been used before to sum up the rivalry with the Real Madrid and Barca and it can be applied to Contador fans.

"decry behaviour where the greatest fault is not so much the act as the actor as a justification for doing the same thing."

Contador is a few years older than Froome, won quite a bit more than Froome, has had a significantly longer and more interesting career than Froome.

And yet he hasn't released an autobiography.

Froome has released an autobiography, after about 2 years at the top and 1 TDF victory. Nothing else.
Filled with lies and fabrifications and insults.

I can see perfectly well why people who don't particularly care about doping might see Contador in a more positive light in this thread.

 

[the sceptic]

Can I support Horner without asking existential questions? Last time I checked he was cleans.

 

[thehog]

Can I support Horner without asking existential questions? Last time I checked he was cleans.

Contador had 50pg of Clen in his system, Froome had a TUE to go bananas.

Do the math on that one!

 

[TailWindHome]

Contador is a few years older than Froome, won quite a bit more than Froome, has had a significantly longer and more interesting career than Froome.

And yet he hasn't released an autobiography.

Froome has released an autobiography, after about 2 years at the top and 1 TDF victory. Nothing else.
Filled with lies and fabrifications and insults.

I can see perfectly well why people who don't particularly care about doping might see Contador in a more positive light in this thread.

The supermarket-shelf-filler-autobiography does seem to be a particularly British phenomenon.

 

[the sceptic]

Contador had 50pg of Clen in his system, Froome had a TUE to go bananas.

Do the math on that one!

Legal doping is ok Still no evidence he doped!

 

[Mishrak]

Contador is actually likable and fun to watch. Froome is just a self-entitled nerd on an ego trip and a TUE to use banned substances.

 

[red_flanders]

Contador is actually likable and fun to watch. Froome is just a self-entitled nerd on an ego trip and a TUE to use banned substances.

For me they're both dopers, so it's a matter of who's riding and racing style I prefer. For me it's Contador.

I know it makes some folks feel better to assume anyone rooting for Contador and bagging on Froome is a hypocrite, but quite frankly that's a lot of horse manure.

There would be little discussion of Froome if he and his team and his fans weren't all hell-bent on convincing the world they're doing it clean. People don't like being lied to, and they react to that.

Contador is doping but he's not shoving "I'm clean" in my face every day. Froome is doping and he and Sky and his girlfriend and his fans are shoving "I'm clean" in my face every day.

That's the main difference. The other matter is that I personally find Contador to be a great bike racer, not just a guy with a huge engine. For me that's more entertaining.

 

[thehog]

Legal doping is ok Still no evidence he doped!

Can you just imagine? David Walsh's head must be imploding!

Froome might be a Barbbus as well?!!

 

[gooner]

Contador is a few years older than Froome, won quite a bit more than Froome, has had a significantly longer and more interesting career than Froome.

And yet he hasn't released an autobiography.

Froome has released an autobiography, after about 2 years at the top and 1 TDF victory. Nothing else.
Filled with lies and fabrifications and insults.

I can see perfectly well why people who don't particularly care about doping might see Contador in a more positive light in this thread.

The irony in relation to Contador.

This is a guy who plays the victim card while a positive was hanging over him, tells Kimmage in a press conference he has consistently spoken up for clean cycling during his career, puts up 7 fingers to signal himself as a 7 time GT winner after the final stage of the Vuelta in Madrid, and tells the media he has always been surrounded with people in his teams that are against doping.

There is no positive spin that can be done with the above. If Froome said these "lies and fabrications", the same Contador fans who decry everything that Froome says and that have no problem with these previous comments from Contador, would be on top of this like a ton of bricks with their huge outcry.

The quote I mentioned couldn't be more appropriate.