Velo d'Or

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited October 2009 in Pro race
Just been awarded to Contador for the 3rd time
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Thanks for the info. The article on it in the magazine is always a very good read. I just re-read the Dec07 issue and it was pretty interesting.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    He's said

    "I will need to train hard on cobblestones before the next Tour de France"
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    He also said he is sort of leaning towards Caisse:

    "It seems like I will have the opportunity to change teams. I want to have a team that is 100 percent behind me. Caisse d'Epargne is the biggest option I have. There's a huge interest from them, but it's not easy to come to an agreement."
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    The next issue of Velo has AC on the cover with the text

    "Armstrong made me popular"

    Snicker
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    "I will pretty much only think of the Tour de France for next year," he said.

    Ah well. As I'd feared. We'll see less and less, as he specialises more and more.
    Another lesson from the Lance Armstrong handbook.

    Part time cyclist, part time celebrity.
    Feet up, on the beach, after July. Not a popular approach.

    Allez Gilbert!
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Why are you saying this like fact when it is indeed your opinion.

    You should also find out what Contador has done since the end of the Tour de France and his opinion on 'celebrity'.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Since the end of the Tour he's ridden no significant races except a bunch of paid crits.


    He's made many public appearances (probably also paid for) and has collected several awards.


    Not exactly a stressful time since finishing the Tour. Nothing wrong with that, but not what some would call a 'full' season.

    Very similar to one Mr. Armstrong in the past.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Does anyone know how to get Velo in the UK?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I'm surprised at the award. While Bertie won the Tour, there wasn't too much in terms of added value - especially as it was 3 in a row.. I know they'd rather give it to Satan than Valverde, but I thought Cav, Phil G and Schleck minor had legitimate claims
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  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    iainf72 wrote:
    The next issue of Velo has AC on the cover with the text

    "Armstrong made me popular"

    Snicker

    He's possibly correct, LA brings worlwide media based on press accredition rise in 09......he put the spotlight on himself, he lost...the spotlight caught AC-of course not what LA wanted...but AC is correct kinda...like Hinault made Lemond one of the best TDF winners ever
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Why are you saying this like fact when it is indeed your opinion.
    You should also find out what Contador has done since the end of the Tour de France and his opinion on 'celebrity'.

    Er.....no, I'm quoting the record books, since July and Contador's own words.
    "I will pretty much only think of the Tour de France for next year,"
    He's also already dismissed the Giro, as well.

    Of course, you will be correct, if Bertie is only stating his opinion as a smokescreen and his words don't constitute facts.

    Now, I hope this has got the petulance :P out of your system.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Why are you saying this like fact when it is indeed your opinion.
    You should also find out what Contador has done since the end of the Tour de France and his opinion on 'celebrity'.

    Er.....no, I'm quoting the record books, since July and Contador's own words.
    "I will pretty much only think of the Tour de France for next year,"
    He's also already dismissed the Giro, as well.

    Of course, you will be correct, if Bertie is only stating his opinion as a smokescreen and his words don't constitute facts.

    Now, I hope this has got the petulance :P out of your system.

    IMO we'll never see Contador back the Vuelta or Giro again...it will be one grand tour win a a year for the next 2 or 3 years and then when he gets beat he will be near 7 GTs total. He won't win more GTs than LA or Indurain I guess
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Possibly, yet I wouldn't be surprised if he rode the Giro next year. He has said that the route suited him...
    Contador is the Greatest
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    "I will pretty much only think of the Tour de France for next year," he said.

    Ah well. As I'd feared. We'll see less and less, as he specialises more and more.
    Another lesson from the Lance Armstrong handbook.

    Part time cyclist, part time celebrity.
    Feet up, on the beach, after July. Not a popular approach.

    Allez Gilbert!

    There is always the possibility that he realizes that, maybe, just maybe, he can't do it all.
    Some can, some can't. Maybe Lance couldn't do it all and he knew it. I'd have to say that
    trying to be in top form, to win the TDF, and still WIN a bunch of other races may be something that only a few have the recuperative powers to accomplish. It could very well be that Lance and AC are not in that FEW. I can easily believe that winning the TDF
    could suck up just about any and all the reserves that a human may have for that year.
    Or it could be like you said, win the big one - hit the beach. Now THAT sounds like the way to go for me. :wink:
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    No Giro for Contador. He has spoken.
    Also:
    Andy Schleck plans to ride the 2010 RvV as a preparation for the cobblestone sections of stage 3 of the Tour. After that he'll do AGR, Fleche & Liege. No Giro.


    http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/091026_Andy_Schleck_Ronde_van_Vlaanderen
    After last year's riches, next year's field may be a bit thin.
    If one of Liquigas's big Italian names opts out and no Di Luca.....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Has said in a French interview that he wants to ride Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    He also won the Ictus Prize by the Spanish Neurological Society in Madrid.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • micron
    micron Posts: 1,843
    I see Armstrong was 5th - I presume because Wilcockson gave him all the 15 points he had to award :wink: - but, seriously, there were at least 5 riders who had better seasons than Armstrong - Valverde, Menchov, Boonen and Hushovd all ranked below him (in that order) and all actually won something of note.

    Really is time for the sport to stop looking sentimentally at the old timers :wink:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    micron wrote:
    I see Armstrong was 5th - I presume because Wilcockson gave him all the 15 points he had to award :wink: - but, seriously, there were at least 5 riders who had better seasons than Armstrong - Valverde, Menchov, Boonen and Hushovd all ranked below him (in that order) and all actually won something of note.

    Really is time for the sport to stop looking sentimentally at the old timers :wink:

    That is ridiculous. Really.
    Contador is the Greatest

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