El Pistolero said:He said in an interview he made that move to set up an attack for Frank, but because no one reacted on his attack he decided to go for it.
Yea that
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El Pistolero said:He said in an interview he made that move to set up an attack for Frank, but because no one reacted on his attack he decided to go for it.
Afrank said:Don't know the interview your referring to, but everyone knows that his attack was a last effort for him to win the race. If his move had been caught it would probably have been planned for Frank to then go. But if the original plan had been to just set up Frank for a attack they would have waited until the last climb, or the 2nd to last.
Afrank said:No he didn't, he had fallen down on the GC so he made one last big effort to pull himself back into contention. Just like Contador on Fuente de it was a last big effort to win the race.
LaFlorecita said:Yea that
Angliru said:Considering the bond that exists between the 2 brothers it's not too far fetched that Andy would make such a high risk attack to benefit his brother since his chances had been blown on a previous stage.
airstream said:with what emotions you ended to watch that stagE?
airstream said:with what emotions you ended to watch that stagE? burnt from the inside a little bit?
Parrulo said:the "only" difference btw contador's solo and andy's solo was that contador was about to lose the vuelta simply because despite trying everywhere, he couldn't drop rodrigues. andy was about to lose the tour because he didn't try as he should in the pyreneus and then got scared of a descent a lost a minute there.
simply put both were running out of road and in positions to lose the race but one was there because he lacked strength while the other was there because he lacked aggression.
had andy raced the entire tour as he did on those last 2 mountain stages being properly aggressive instead of trying 2 second long accelerations, he would have probably won the tour.
The Hitch said:Difference is though contador was 15s behind and still had the return of the king home stage at bola del mundo, where all he would need was a handful of seconds. Andy though was level with Evans but projected to lose 2 minutes on the tt so he really needed big time unlike contador who could take back almost his entire advantage with bonus seconds alone.
uphillstruggle said:Except Rodriquez was better on those kind of climbs all Vuelta - including Bola del Mundo. The stage to Fuente Dé was Contador's best chance and I think he knew it. Contador engineered a TT situation where he would be stronger than Purito. Which was of course very impressive, but lets not rewrite the Vuelta, Rodriquez was the best climber - just about
Miburo said:Purito wasn't the better climber, he was just a better sprinter. When did purito take time on Contador?
Contador dropped purito a few times but he always came back with the better sprint at the end. That's it.
uphillstruggle said:Except Rodriquez was better on those kind of climbs all Vuelta - including Bola del Mundo. The stage to Fuente Dé was Contador's best chance and I think he knew it. Contador engineered a TT situation where he would be stronger than Purito. Which was of course very impressive, but lets not rewrite the Vuelta, Rodriquez was the best climber - just about
Well said sir! Looking better on Andy's avatar by a mile.airstream said:it doesn't change essence. The strongest climber is one who gains the time on high mountains. That was Rodriguez.
Miburo said:Purito wasn't the better climber, he was just a better sprinter. When did purito take time on Contador?
Contador dropped purito a few times but he always came back with the better sprint at the end. That's it.
The Hitch said:. To say that purito had it in the bag cos he had a 15s lead with the main mountain stage still to be ridden is stretching it.
The Hitch said:Btw another difference in this **** measuring contest is that schleck did it on a stage designed to be stage of the decade. Contador did it on just about the 1 stage the organizers did not want a gc battle on.
Conclusion: contadors is longer.
cineteq said:Well said sir! Looking better on Andy's avatar by a mile.
ferryman said:I just love Giro 2011, Stage 19. Contador pure class, on many levels.
Afrank said:Don't know the interview your referring to, but everyone knows that his attack was a last effort for him to win the race. If his move had been caught it would probably have been planned for Frank to then go. But if the original plan had been to just set up Frank for a attack they would have waited until the last climb, or the 2nd to last.