Why is Contador never the story?
He goes up to get his trophy for the race and Paul and Phil spend more time talking about Schleck, how amazing he did, how he is the future, how poor old Alberto is washed up, how scared he was of the giant Schleck, and on and on. Then, OF COURSE, we had to have a side bar about the beautiful fragrance emanating from Lance’s shorts, it having been a good 20 or 30 seconds since his name had been mentioned.
What is the deal?
I heard endlessly about the sterling character and inevitable triumph of Schleck, even though it seems to me that for just about a week now every day AS has promised to whoop everyone’s *** and he never did it. And now that even Phil and Paul have admitted that Chaingate was due to shifting and not some act-of-God mechanical, I have not heard AS apologize for his comments. Frankly, AS seems more like some rich spoiled frat boy.
Nonetheless, AS is a good story to tell: 3 years best young rider, doing the tour without the support of his brother, 2nd two years in a row. Of course he deserves significant attention.
But what about Contador? We hear his team is no good, but they do well. We hear he can’t handle the cobbles, he does just fine. We hear he is out of shape, he equals everything Schleck has to toss his way. Isn’t that a great story of triumph? And doesn’t he have a personal story to tell? We hear (justifiably) about Lance overcoming cancer, well, Alberto has his own story about physical breakdown too doesn’t he? And as for character: he was in an impossible position last year when The World’s Greatest Team Manager didn’t know how to deal with the terrifying problem of having two really good riders and he never whined about it. He conducts himself with dignity.
So why is he never the story – even when he wins?
He goes up to get his trophy for the race and Paul and Phil spend more time talking about Schleck, how amazing he did, how he is the future, how poor old Alberto is washed up, how scared he was of the giant Schleck, and on and on. Then, OF COURSE, we had to have a side bar about the beautiful fragrance emanating from Lance’s shorts, it having been a good 20 or 30 seconds since his name had been mentioned.
What is the deal?
I heard endlessly about the sterling character and inevitable triumph of Schleck, even though it seems to me that for just about a week now every day AS has promised to whoop everyone’s *** and he never did it. And now that even Phil and Paul have admitted that Chaingate was due to shifting and not some act-of-God mechanical, I have not heard AS apologize for his comments. Frankly, AS seems more like some rich spoiled frat boy.
Nonetheless, AS is a good story to tell: 3 years best young rider, doing the tour without the support of his brother, 2nd two years in a row. Of course he deserves significant attention.
But what about Contador? We hear his team is no good, but they do well. We hear he can’t handle the cobbles, he does just fine. We hear he is out of shape, he equals everything Schleck has to toss his way. Isn’t that a great story of triumph? And doesn’t he have a personal story to tell? We hear (justifiably) about Lance overcoming cancer, well, Alberto has his own story about physical breakdown too doesn’t he? And as for character: he was in an impossible position last year when The World’s Greatest Team Manager didn’t know how to deal with the terrifying problem of having two really good riders and he never whined about it. He conducts himself with dignity.
So why is he never the story – even when he wins?
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