Number of days racing

iainf72

This year

Contador : 22

Armstrong : 39

From L'equipe via cyclingfans.

Lightweight.

takethehighroad

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/3469/Astana-and-Contador-change-his-race-schedule.aspx

He's been tired for a while now

Kléber

Most racing so far:

Rank Rider Team Race days
1. [FRA] VOECKLER Thomas BTL 64
2. [ITA] FAILLI Francesco ASA 64
3. [GER] VOIGT Jens SAX 63
4. [ITA] PINOTTI Marco THR 60
5. [NED] VAN EMDEN Jos RAB 59
6. [ITA] AGNOLI Valerio LIQ 59
7. [DEN] LUND Anders SAX 59
8. [GER] RUSS Matthias MRM 59
9. [FRA] TURPIN Ludovic ALM 59
10. [NED] ELIJZEN Michiel OLO 58

pedro118118

Frankly, there's a big difference between participating in a race and and racing.

I would define racing as putting 100% effort into either a) winning; or b) helpting a team mate win.

By adopting this definition, I would have Contador as being more active.

Similarly, Wiggins has 4/5 days racing in his legs!!!

blazing_saddles

I don't fink those figures is right, Iain.
Off the top of my head, I count around 32 days for Bertie.
I read somewhere (Cyclesport?) that Armstrong was at 33 days,
or 2 days less than last year.

There is a table, with each monthly breakdown somewhere.........

frenchfighter

iainf72 wrote:

This year

Contador : 22

Armstrong : 39

From L'equipe via cyclingfans.

Lightweight.

Getting facts that wrong is pretty lightweight.

According to CQ, Contador and Lance have both 4500km racing. Contador with 30 days and Lance with 34 (woefully low until TdS).

Armstrong has done very little all year.

Contador has won from the beggining of the season in almost every race he is in. Summit finishes, TTs, Prologues, Overalls.

I think we all know who the real featherweight is

frenchfighter

Contador doesn't race more than he does (which is a fine amount already) because he has such a racxing and attacking mentality that he goes to races to race hard. Not to soft pedal round most of the year - as can be said of many GC riders. Given this, he is restrained so as not to tire himself out.

Nb. this has come from Contador himself, numerous other places/people and from Giuseppe Martinelli.

Kléber

frenchfighter wrote:

Contador doesn't race more than he does (which is a fine amount already) because he has such a racxing and attacking mentality that he goes to races to race hard. Not to soft pedal round most of the year - as can be said of many GC riders. Given this, he is restrained so as not to tire himself out.

Apparently when he takes a dump, the golden lustre and lavender bouquet from the floater is something to behold too.

andyp

Armstrong ridden the following this year;

Tour Down Under
Tour of Murcia
Criterium International
Tour of Flanders
Tour of California (DNF'd)
Tour of Luxembourg
Tour de Suisse

Anything else, other than the Tour of Gila which is not a UCI ranked race?

I'd make that 29 days in total.

andyp

Contador has ridden the following;

Volta ao Algarve
Paris-Nice
Criterium International
Castilla y Leon
Fleche Wallone
Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Dauphine

Which also totals 29 days racing I think.

frenchfighter

Kléber wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Contador doesn't race more than he does (which is a fine amount already) because he has such a racxing and attacking mentality that he goes to races to race hard. Not to soft pedal round most of the year - as can be said of many GC riders. Given this, he is restrained so as not to tire himself out.

Apparently when he takes a dump, the golden lustre and lavender bouquet from the floater is something to behold too.

Woah you must be a pretty crude and unpleasant type of person to come up comments like that...

I pity you.

Kléber

frenchfighter wrote:

Woah you must be a pretty crude and unpleasant type of person to come up comments like that...

I pity you.

I was only teasing Yes Contador races well but he's not the only one. I don't think Scarponi or Evans have done many training races either. Indeed I'd argue Evans is better here, from being in the break in the TDU to Fleche Wallonne to the Giro, he's probably the most competitive rider this season.

The table above of racing days only includes .1 races, so none of the smaller races, even if some 2.2 stage races can be decent. Clearly doing the Giro adds a lot to the rankings.

blazing_saddles

andyp wrote:

Armstrong ridden the following this year;

Tour Down Under
Tour of Murcia
Criterium International
Tour of Flanders
Tour of California (DNF'd)
Tour of Luxembourg
Tour de Suisse

Anything else, other than the Tour of Gila which is not a UCI ranked race?

I'd make that 29 days in total.

How many days did he get through in Sarthe? Can only be a couple.............

andyp wrote:

Contador has ridden the following;

Volta ao Algarve (5)
Paris-Nice (eight)
Criterium International (2)
Castilla y Leon (5)
Fleche Wallone (1)
Liege-Bastogne-Liege (1)
Dauphine (eight)

Which also totals 29 days racing I think.

32, I make it.
I think the conclusion is that they have ridden much the same, in terms of days in the saddle.

andyp

He didn't start Sarthe due to illness.

blazing_saddles

andyp wrote:

He didn't start Sarthe due to illness.

No, I just checked. 24th on day 1, DNS day 2.
So, chalk another 1 day up to Mr Funster.

iainf72

They've both had very very light programmes.

For whatever reason.

andyp

iainf72 wrote:

They've both had very very light programmes.

For whatever reason.

Because they are lightweights?

Pross

I'm confused - I thought Contador didn't win the Dauphine because he wasn't racing at his hardest but then that can't be true as he only ever races at his hardest :?

gabriel959

Pross wrote:

I'm confused - I thought Contador didn't win the Dauphine because he wasn't racing at his hardest but then that can't be true as he only ever races at his hardest :?

He still won the Prologue and one stage.

dave_1

I'm astonished at the distance they're still riding in wind down training, 6 hours a day 5 days from the off. Probs to do with metabolism and routine