Will Contador Be Juiced Up Again Upon His Return

[red_flanders]

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

No, definitely not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wU--6z-mq4

 

[laurel1969]

Autocue. He had no idea what he was actually saying

 

[LaFlorecita]

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97VvVAsM5u0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KATucvlq9c

 

[the sceptic]

Autocue. He had no idea what he was actually saying

kind of like reading your posts then.

 

[sir fly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97VvVAsM5u0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KATucvlq9c

Brilliant!
So fluent and eloquent... but I doubt he can read.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Brilliant!
So fluent and eloquent... but I doubt he can read.

Yeah you might be right... he does seem like an illiterate idiot

I'm curious how many languages you actually speak/understand/read? I bet Alberto beats you!

 

[sir fly]

Yeah you might be right... he does seem like an illiterate idiot

I'm curious how many languages you actually speak/understand/read? I bet Alberto beats you!

Fluent in 5. Both written and spoken.
2 conversational.

He might beat me if includes all Spanish dialects.

 

[laurel1969]

Brilliant!
So fluent and eloquent... but I doubt he can read.

He doesn't need to. They do instructions in Spanish too

 

[wattage]

It's all Skys fault. They went alien-mode, AC, Saxo and Riis are now serving them just their own medicine.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Fluent in 5. Both written and spoken.
2 conversational.

He might beat me if includes all Spanish dialects.

Not too bad

I'm afraid Spanish, Italian, English and a tiny bit of French is all Alberto knows. Still better than most people who criticize his English. These are mostly native speakers who never learned any other language besides English.

 

[red_flanders]

Ideally, one would hope that when a poster is shown to be utterly wrong, they would just stop. In a fantasy world they'd acknowledge their error, but all that assumes a poster contributing in good faith.

 

[the sceptic]

It's all Skys fault. They went alien-mode, AC, Saxo and Riis are now serving them just their own medicine.

good post.

Yes, lets not forget that this new arms race was started by sky and as many of us predicted, the rest would catch up eventually.

The peloton seems divided again. The rich protected teams vs the rest.

 

[laurel1969]

Ideally, one would hope that when a poster is shown to be utterly wrong, they would just stop. In a fantasy world they'd acknowledge their error, but all that assumes a poster contributing in good faith.

Ideally, one would hope that one's fellow posters would not be so pompous as to be utterly devoid of any discernable sense of humour.

So, I was wrong. Contador speaks some English. Well done you.

 

[sir fly]

Not too bad

Knowing several different scripts helps.

I'm afraid Spanish, Italian, English and a tiny bit of French is all Alberto knows. Still better than most people who criticize his English. These are mostly native speakers who never learned any other language besides English.

Most athletes learn by time how to get accustomed in certain conversational discourse. The "Fabianese" is a good example.

 

[laurel1969]

It's all Skys fault. They went alien-mode, AC, Saxo and Riis are now serving them just their own medicine.

Unfortunately, it was Contador's fault that Sky started doping in the first place. Sky saw Contador win the 2010 tour, then found out how he did it...

http://m.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-tests-positive-for-clenbuterol

After that, they knew what they had to do.

 

[the sceptic]

Ideally, one would hope that when a poster is shown to be utterly wrong, they would just stop. In a fantasy world they'd acknowledge their error, but all that assumes a poster contributing in good faith.

perhaps when he comes back on his 8th account he will learn.

 

[yespatterns]

It is an arms race, I'd just like to what the arms consist of these days for the major players.

 

[kingjr]

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.

I have explained it already in another thread, but I'll do it again: He creates an imagined scenario to motivate himself, as a carrot for him to chase. From my own experience that's not an uncommon method in training.

Contador's coffee tweets are funny nonetheless.

 

[red_flanders]

I have explained it already in another thread, but I'll do it again: He creates an imagined scenario to motivate himself, as a carrot for him to chase. From my own experience that's not an uncommon method in training.

Contador's coffee tweets are funny nonetheless.

Yes, this is exactly right. However the clear implication is that he then does this extra work (he outlines it clearly with regard to how he and Porte supposedly train) and clearly demands the reader infer that he "trains harder than anyone else".

Which is exactly the intent, and is aimed directly at the un-informed audience of his book.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Unfortunately, it was Contador's fault that Sky started doping in the first place. Sky saw Contador win the 2010 tour, then found out how he did it...

http://m.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-tests-positive-for-clenbuterol

After that, they knew what they had to do.

Because before that Brailsford had no idea that pro cyclists would ever stoop to cheating like that.

 

[sir fly]

I see the discussion about the book is going on and on, so I thought of writing a comment, but it's already here.

 

[Weapons of @ss Destruction]

Yes, this is exactly right. However the clear implication is that he then does this extra work (he outlines it clearly with regard to how he and Porte supposedly train) and clearly demands the reader infer that he "trains harder than anyone else".

"I'm on my bike, busting my *** six hours a day. What are you on?"

 

[del1962]

Because before that Brailsford had no idea that pro cyclists would ever stoop to cheating like that.

Why don't you take it up with the first comment about how Riis only followed what the poster believes Sky are doing.


I mean 60% needing to learn about doping from anyone else, he most likely knows more about doping than the whole of Team Sky put together

 

[kingjr]

Yes, this is exactly right. However the clear implication is that he then does this extra work (he outlines it clearly with regard to how he and Porte supposedly train) and clearly demands the reader infer that he "trains harder than anyone else".

Which is exactly the intent, and is aimed directly at the un-informed audience of his book.

I'm glad we agree that Froome doesn't actually mock Alberto and his training regime.

To the bolded part, the message is that he trains very hard, to a degree that it might even be harder than anyone else, but no one can know that, because they don't actually know how Contador or his other rivals train. Even the un-informed reader will realize that, unless he's a fanboy of course.

 

[del1962]

I'm glad we agree that Froome doesn't actually mock Alberto and his training regime.

To the bolded part, the message is that he trains very hard, to a degree that it might even be harder than anyone else, but no one can know that, because they don't actually know how Contador or his other rivals train. Even the un-informed reader will realize that, unless he's a fanboy of course.

Or deliberately wants to cherry pick and twist things to suit his agenda, like a Daily Mail journalist