In your face!alin.constantin89 said:http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/...i-my-goal-was-to-gain-time-over-valverde.html
Nibali "...I beat Froome and Contador at almost all the races I did with them..."
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In your face!alin.constantin89 said:http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/...i-my-goal-was-to-gain-time-over-valverde.html
Nibali "...I beat Froome and Contador at almost all the races I did with them..."
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.
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!
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.
Rollthedice said:Where did you come from? It's not enough that we have to talk some sense into LaFlo and Ilovecycling?
Rollthedice said:Where did you come from? It's not enough that we have to talk some sense into LaFlo and Ilovecycling?
whittashau said:Nice, ignore useful posts and post more crap. Good job new guy.
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.
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.
whittashau 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.
LaFlorecita said:Hey is that meant as an insult?
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
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
BlurryVII said:Nibali didn't want Alberto to come back easily in the peloton