Vuelta 2014 HYPE!!!!

[Netserk]

I'd honestly prefer him to skip it and prepare for next year. As Zinoviev posted, he'll have nothing to gain. Hope he's sensible enough to realize this himself.

Two GT wins back-to-back is nothing???

 

[Descender]

If only the Vuelta route wasn't the abomination it is...

 

[Netserk]

If only the Vuelta route wasn't the abomination it is...

But it ends with an EPIC epilogue!!!!!11!!!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Two GT wins back-to-back is nothing???

Whether he wins the Tour or not, he'll have used up all his energy at the tour and will struggle to even reach podium. See Froome 2012.

 

[Netserk]

Whether he wins the Tour or not, he'll have used up all his energy at the tour and will struggle to even reach podium. See Froome 2012.

See Contador 2011. Would have won without crashes and screwjobs.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

See Contador 2011. Would have won without crashes and screwjobs.

to be fair, in 2011 he didn't have to fight off a Quintana and a ****ed of Froome

 

[LaFlorecita]

See Contador 2011. Would have won without crashes and screwjobs.

I would rather see him prepare well for next season although a GT double sounds nice, I'm afraid it's highly unlikely

 

[Netserk]

to be fair, in 2011 he didn't have to fight off a Quintana and a ****ed of Froome

Yeah, but he had just defeated Scarponi in the Giro, not a walkover like Nibs in this Tour

 

[LaFlorecita]

Yeah, but he had just defeated Scarponi in the Giro, not a walkover like Nibs in this Tour

Nice

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Yeah, but he had just defeated Scarponi in the Giro, not a walkover like Nibs in this Tour

**** just got real

 

[Broth3r]

The Vuelta may be, again, and almost as always, the best GT of the year. Screw teh fields, it has been the best GT in almost the last decade because of the parcours and the focus on giving spectacle.

But the way this Tour is shaping up, it may just beat it.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nibali should do the Vuelta as well.
Hell, it should be a requirement for all GT riders (over a certain age) to do two GTs every year.

 

[Jspear]

Aru is very young to be able to ride two GTs in top condition.

Contador did it at that age. If he is amazing as some people put him out to be, he can do it.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Contador did it at that age. If he is amazing as some people put him out to be, he can do it.

He is the best angel since Gabriel

 

[Red Rick]

Purito, Valverde, Evans, Froome, Sastre, Menchov, all riders who have done the double in the past, all have made the top 4 in the Vuelta after going full gas in the Tour.

Contador is better than all of those. He can win both. Last year he didn't stop after the tour and raced in **** form all the way through to Lombardia

 

[LaFlorecita]

Purito, Valverde, Evans, Froome, Sastre, Menchov, all riders who have done the double in the past, all have made the top 4 in the Vuelta after going full gas in the Tour.

Contador is better than all of those. He can win both. Last year he didn't stop after the tour and raced in **** form all the way through to Lombardia

You are right, of course, but he'll have to go really deep this Tour. Hmm....

 

[Beech Mtn]

You are right, of course, but he'll have to go really deep this Tour. Hmm....

There's also the small matter of 'Berto having a team that isn't completely fried after Giro and Tour. Zaugg and Rory, and who else would he bring? Jesus and Paulinho post-TdF.

 

[Sciocco]

There's also the small matter of 'Berto having a team that isn't completely fried after Giro and Tour. Zaugg and Rory, and who else would he bring? Jesus and Paulinho post-TdF.

Yea Contador's team would worry me more than his form if he rode the Vuelta. I wonder if Kreuziger might be available before the Vuelta, probably unlikely...

 

[LaFlorecita]

There's also the small matter of 'Berto having a team that isn't completely fried after Giro and Tour. Zaugg and Rory, and who else would he bring? Jesus and Paulinho post-TdF.

New Danish champ Valgren

 

[MatParker117]

Yea Contador's team would worry me more than his form if he rode the Vuelta. I wonder if Kreuziger might be available before the Vuelta, probably unlikely...

Something Froome would not have to worry about: Froome, Nieve, Kennaugh, Kiri, Suitsou, Wiggins, Cataldo, Stannard, Dombrowski.

 

[The Hitch]

Same thing is said every year though. Will Quintana be motivated. Will Contador really have post Tour form. Will Froome bother? Will Murito manage to hang on to their like at his age?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

The TS team, with or without Contador, will be a sight to behold. Zaugg would probably be the best climber.

I really don't see Contador racing the Vuelta should he win the Tour. It's all very well to point out other riders doing well after the Tour in the Vuelta, but they weren't going to take on a motivated and rested Froome or Quintana, even leaving aside the super strong wider field. And they weren't going to try it with all of their key support riders missing.

Contador is the one rider who in no way enhances his palmares with a Vuelta podium. If he puts himself up against his main rivals while they are fresher and have much stronger teams, he risks replacing going into next season as the man with memories of being dropped repeatedly by the real opposition. It's a bad bet.

 

[The Hitch]

Something Froome would not have to worry about: Froome, Nieve, Kennaugh, Kiri, Suitsou, Wiggins, Cataldo, Stannard, Dombrowski.

What use is that in the Vuelta?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

What use is that in the Vuelta?

Go up the first four fifths of the final (only) climb like you are on a motorbike. Then let Froome try to smash it home. Rinse, wash, repeat, over and over.

 

[Descender]

This year's Vuelta has only two real mountain stages, and they're both in the last days.

Anybody can win this Vuelta. It's half a GT.