Will Contador Be Juiced Up Again Upon His Return

[LaFlorecita]

No shiit, and he still has to podium GdL and win Beijing.

Can't let Dirty Piti take the WT ranking

 

[The Hitch]

Yup... Proof is here.. Juiced up since 2011

That is being saved for the Tour next year. And it is not wine in that bottle

 

[mrhender]

That is being saved for the Tour next year. And it is not wine in that bottle

LOL..


Tinkov surely seems content with that bottle

I wonder if Count dracula ehh Tinkov should show some teeth...

 

[LaFlorecita]

Would love an English translation of the whole lot - one bit I did understand was the doctor saying it was a miracle and he'd never seen anything like it in treating athletes his whole career.

Okay

basically:

The fact that he's leading the race 8 weeks after the crash has resulted in skepticism about the extent of the injury.

The Dr admits that if he had not witnessed it himself, he'd probably be among the skeptics.

On 14 July Contador suffered a serious crash at around 80kph which resulted in a wound and severe trauma to his right knee.

The race doctors treated the wound and stitched it up.

The following day at the CEMTRO Clinic in Madrid, after some xrays were taken, a fracture of the tibial plateau and bruises to the femur, tibia and patellar ligament were confirmed, besides the 15cm wound with damaged soft tissue.

Crutches and a leg brace were required for the fracture and wound to heal well.

Alberto was in Madrid for one week for daily treatments and an antibiotical treatment. Then they referred him to a prestigious Italian surgeon to continue the treatment in Lugano.

9 days later, on the 23rd of July, when the stitches were removed, the wound opened again. The Italian surgeon recommended Alberto to wait for the wound to heal and close naturally. This is when Alberto announced he would not ride la Vuelta.

Alberto then contacted Dr Leyes to see if there was an alternative because Alberto really wanted to ride la Vuelta. The doctor explained that it was impossible to pedal with an open wound, so the only other option was to clean and stitch the wound again, but at the risk of infection. Alberto didn't hesitate and asked for this option, so the surgeon of Dr Leyes' team, Dr Flores, travelled to Lugano to treat Alberto.

5 days afterwards, 15 days after the initial crash, he could start to ride his bike.

The doctors have treated athletes from all sports and of all levels before, some even as competitive and demanding as the NBA and NFL, but they've never seen anything like this before.

Everyone who's treated Alberto was convinced he wouldn't recover in time for la Vuelta. However, medicine isn't an exact science and Alberto's genetics, determination and ability to suffer have shown them that they were wrong.

 

[LaFlorecita]

That is being saved for the Tour next year. And it is not wine in that bottle

they've been saving up since 2011

 

[hrotha]

The contrast between 2013 and 2014 is quite stark. Has Contador put forth any theories to explain it?

 

[sir fly]

The contrast between 2013 and 2014 is quite stark. Has Contador put forth any theories to explain it?

The cadence...

 

[Red Rick]

I think we can safely say that Contador has been doped up to the hills this year. I look forward to dancing on his grave when (not if) he gets caught (again).

that's funny

 

[laurel1969]

The contrast between 2013 and 2014 is quite stark. Has Contador put forth any theories to explain it?

Why should he.....nobody has asked.

 

[Red Rick]

The contrast between 2013 and 2014 is quite stark. Has Contador put forth any theories to explain it?

Great training in the winter, which actually makes sense. It's not like he tried to win it clean in 2013.

I think he might be on close to the same doping program as last year

 

[LaFlorecita]

The contrast between 2013 and 2014 is quite stark. Has Contador put forth any theories to explain it?

Well De Jongh has explained it at least a dozen times. Of course if you stick your head in the sand you're not going to notice it though.

 

[Red Rick]

I think Contador has made less enemies than Armstrong, which might make people less likely to snitch on him. Armstrong was a huge public figure, and a grade A *******, super many people wanted to see him go down.

 

[hrotha]

"Great training", I don't buy that. "Mediocre training in 2013", maybe, but I don't see why he'd fail to train properly all of sudden after such a long career. The theory that he took fewer risks while other teammates tried out the Sky method imported by De Jongh still makes the most sense to me.

Well De Jongh has explained it at least a dozen times. Of course if you stick your head in the sand you're not going to notice it though.

I don't keep tabs 24/7 on all things Alberto, you understand.

 

[laurel1969]

Contador is pure omerta.

 

[the sceptic]

Froome should have known better than writing in mein climb that Contador is a lazy amigo that would rather drink coffee than riding his bike.

 

[LaFlorecita]

"Great training", I don't buy that. "Mediocre training in 2013", maybe, but I don't see why he'd fail to train properly all of sudden after such a long career. The theory that he took fewer risks while other teammates tried out the Sky method imported by De Jongh still makes the most sense to me.

I don't keep tabs 24/7 on all things Alberto, you understand.

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/07/d...-improvement-riis-insists-rider-can-win-tour/

LOL if you believe Contador was clean or cleaner last year

 

[hrotha]

Thanks for the link. Good for a laugh.

And no, I don't believe he was clean last year. But conservative programs are very much a thing. I don't see anything ridiculous about that notion.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Can't let Dirty Piti take the WT ranking

Apparently so. Seems like it could be fun!

If they hate each other now...

 

[kingjr]

Froome should have known better than writing in mein climb that Contador is a lazy amigo that would rather drink coffee than riding his bike.

He wrote explicity he's sure Contador trains just as hard as himself.

 

[del1962]

He wrote explicity he's sure Contador trains just as hard as himself.

Contador and Froome seem to get on along OK as far as I can ascertain, it is only some posters on here who seem to think otherwise because they take what is written in a book and twist it into the worse possible light, they should take up a career with the daily mail

 

[red_flanders]

He wrote explicity he's sure Contador trains just as hard as himself.

Contador must have been confused about the intent of his comments then...

 

[kingjr]

Contador must have been confused about the intent of his comments then...

Apparently, yes. If he read them himself at all, maybe he got told by some of his more... devoted followers on twitter or something.

 

[laurel1969]

Is Froome's book available in Spanish? Contador doesn't speak English.

 

[the sceptic]

He wrote explicity he's sure Contador trains just as hard as himself.

He also wrote explicity that he imagines Contador and his amigos going out for gentle rides, chatting and drinking coffee.

What do you think the "hows the coffee Alberto" comment is supposed to mean?

 

[red_flanders]

Apparently, yes. If he read them himself at all, maybe he got told by some of his more... devoted followers on twitter or something.

Hmm...you must be referring to the passage where he says "In my head I'm sure Contador and Nibali and all my rivals are training as hard as I am".

Except that in the very next sentence he adds, "So some days I add in intervals or do more specific training or more intensity and tell myself they'll never think to ride like this–this is where I'll get my advantage".

In the previous sentence he also says, "I like to think of those three amigos out training, just having a gentle ride and a chat. Maybe a coffee stop. The more my legs ache when I train the more I hope they are enjoying themselves. If one of them is a bit below par today, maybe all three will pack it in. I hope so."

So when you say "reading them all" that doesn't apply to you?

Contador's response is perfect. Mocking such buffoonery is the only response. Well that and yesterday.