In your face!alin.constantin89 said:http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-14/news/int/vincenzo-nibali-my-goal-was-to-gain-time-over-valverde.html
Nibali "...I beat Froome and Contador at almost all the races I did with them..."![]()
In your face!alin.constantin89 said:http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-14/news/int/vincenzo-nibali-my-goal-was-to-gain-time-over-valverde.html
Nibali "...I beat Froome and Contador at almost all the races I did with them..."![]()
The quote also has him saying that the only race he didn't do was the Tour, but that isn't true either.LaFlorecita said:You've got to agree though, that it sounds like he's saying he beat Contador and Froome a lot too. Since he says he won virtually all his races, and Contador and Froome were often present too.
Good point, he probably was a little ****ed off.Rollthedice said:Give the man a break. The answer came after one dude asked him to look into his eyes and say he never met Dr Ferrari. How do you think Contador would have felt after some dude would have asked him if he has quit eating beef stakes?
cineteq said:In your face!
Fair enough, I can live with that.whittashau said:The quote also has him saying that the only race he didn't do was the Tour, but that isn't true either.
Clearly what he was trying to say - Last year he won lots, which includes beating AC and Froome, but he didn't ride the Tour. He doesn't feel inferior to them.
http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=1994&year=2013&all=1¤t=0cineteq said:In your face!
roflLaFlorecita said:you're not exactly helping the Nibali fans who are trying to explain that isn't exactly what he meant.
What's your point? What Nibz stated is just wrong, do you know the facts or? Even in an Off year, Contador beat him in San luis and Oman. What about this year? How did Froome beat him in Oman and Romandie, can you remind me?Rollthedice said:Where did you come from? It's not enough that we have to talk some sense into LaFlo and Ilovecycling?
Hey is that meant as an insult?Rollthedice said:Where did you come from? It's not enough that we have to talk some sense into LaFlo and Ilovecycling?
Thanks! Just like you do.whittashau said:Nice, ignore useful posts and post more crap. Good job new guy.
Or then it´s just an hyperbole for sake of argument. Not an option, no?BlurryVII said:Thanks! Just like you do.
He clearly said he won almost ALL the races he did against Froome and Contador, he still sounds arrogant and wrong. I entirely read what he said.
He didn't. He said:"Last year, I won virtually all the races I rode, where there were often also Alberto Contador and Chris Froome. The only race I didn't ride was the Tour. This year, I've come to the Tour with great form and so I don't think anything is cheapened. I've had a great season in 2013, winning the Giro d'Italia and finishing second at the Vuelta, I don't think I'm any lesser of a rider than Contador and Froome.BlurryVII said:Thanks! Just like you do.
He clearly said he won almost ALL the races he did against Froome and Contador, he still sounds arrogant and wrong. I entirely read what he said.
So you read the original transcript in Italian. Do you have a link to it?BlurryVII said:Thanks! Just like you do.
He clearly said he won almost ALL the races he did against Froome and Contador, he still sounds arrogant and wrong. I entirely read what he said.
So that's what I already read, thanks. He said in most of the races he won, there were AC and CF: Wrongwhittashau said:He didn't. He said:"Last year, I won virtually all the races I rode, where there were often also Alberto Contador and Chris Froome. The only race I didn't ride was the Tour. This year, I've come to the Tour with great form and so I don't think anything is cheapened. I've had a great season in 2013, winning the Giro d'Italia and finishing second at the Vuelta, I don't think I'm any lesser of a rider than Contador and Froome.
No. It wasn't meant to be an insult.LaFlorecita said:Hey is that meant as an insult?![]()
Astana didn't go ballistic at all. Not anywhere close to ballistic in fact. They did their duty on the front (the job of the team with the yellow jersey) and maintained pace. After a while they upped it so the break wouldn't be gaining any more time then they already were.BlurryVII said:There is some hypocrisy going on here, it's like when Alberto crashed, people immediately said Astana was waiting for him... in what parallel world?
People don't even know it was Lotto Bellisol who was pulling till Alberto's crash, and it was Lotto who drew off & decided to wait and slow down. 30 secs afterwards, Astana was already going ballistic in front. How could they have waited for Alberto? They were NOT pulling before his crash, and as if by chance, went in front after his crash. Of course, they had to chase Kwiato, who's a really threatening man in the GC![]()
That's where you're wrong, it was Gallopin who was in the Yellow jersey. Astana didn't have any duty to do, and they didn't pace the peloton before alberto's crash ONCE. Only after the unfortunate crash, they slowly moved up and started increasing the pace. Nibali didn't want Alberto to come back easily in the peloton, he wanted him to waste energy, he knew he was going to take a huge blow on belles filles, that's it.Afrank said:Astana didn't go ballistic at all. Not anywhere close to ballistic in fact. They did their duty on the front (the job of the team with the yellow jersey) and maintained pace. After a while they upped it so the break wouldn't be gaining any more time then they already were.
Astana weren't trying to gain any advantage on Contador after he crashed, so IMO they can't be blamed for the pace they set.
....BlurryVII said:There is some hypocrisy going on here, it's like when Alberto crashed, people immediately said Astana was waiting for him... in what parallel world?
People don't even know it was Lotto Bellisol who was pulling till Alberto's crash, and it was Lotto who drew off & decided to wait and slow down. 30 secs afterwards, Astana was already going ballistic in front. How could they have waited for Alberto? They were NOT pulling before his crash, and as if by chance, went in front after his crash. Of course, they had to chase Kwiato, who's a really threatening man in the GC![]()
Who would want that? This is a bike race, not a charity event.BlurryVII said:Nibali didn't want Alberto to come back easily in the peloton
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