Contador Strongest Ever

frenchfighter

"Contador is the strongest rider I've ever had on my team, and that applies in comparison with Tyler Hamilton, Ivan Basso, Carlos Sastre, and Andy Schleck. Alberto is of the same caliber as Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain," said Riis to Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport.

"He's a fantastic climber, because he's simply an animal in the mountains, and in the time trials, he manages to almost pull off the same power."

Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/7703/ ... z1GDAzPN9G

Tom BB

Yeah....its great to see that Bertie has rediscovered his TTing form :roll:

rick_chasey

2 times Tour winner strongest guy on team?

No waaay.

frenchfighter

He always was and still is an amzing talent. I said he would come back and be on top again.

Tom BB

Rick Chasey wrote:

2 times Tour winner strongest guy on team?

No waaay.

Baiting at its finest 8)

Kléber

Riis would say that given he needs to sell Contador to a skeptical Italian public ahead of the Giro.

If he was selling a used car he'd say it runs like a dream, that the price is a giveaway and how it's probably the best motor he's had after 20 years in the trade.

dougzz

^
but we'd all know it had been 'clocked'

fungus_the_muffin_man

Had he been chewing on beef jerky before he set off?

blazing_saddles

Kléber wrote:

Riis would say that given he needs to sell Contador to a skeptical Italian public ahead of the Giro.

If he was selling a used car he'd say it runs like a dream, that the price is a giveaway and how it's probably the best motor he's had after 20 years in the trade.

The aren't sceptical anymore, just fuming.
They see Clentador swanning around winning races, while the UCI procrastinate on CAS, yet their curly headed one gets a CAS KO'd for effectively 3 years off a set of dodgy stats.
If CONI get their hands on him, it will be Pitiful.
The Giro won't see the Spanish cowboy for dust. Come May, he'll be hiding on his favourite Spanish beach, working on a stylish tan. :roll:

dennisn

frenchfighter wrote:

I said he would come back and be on top again.

I thought "comebacks" were where you retired and / or took 3 or 4 years off?
In any case I've come over to your side and am now ready to love and worship Alberto. Can you give me a few hints on what type of shrine I should build for him? Marble or granite? What does yours look like? :? :? :?

Garz

Build the shrine out of plasticisers.

inkyfingers

frenchfighter wrote:

He always was and still is an amzing talent. I said he would come back and be on top again.

If he makes it as far as The Giro or The Tour without getting banned and wins then you can get all excited. Winning the Tour of Murcia doesn't quite cut it...

avoidingmyphd

Blazing Saddles wrote:

[Come May, he'll be hiding on his favourite Spanish beach, working on a stylish tan. :roll:

Which is, of course, his tried and tested preparation for winning the Giro.

shinyhelmut

frenchfighter wrote:

He always was and still is an amzing talent. I said he would come back and be on top again.

Technically he can't come back until he's actually been banned, which hasn't happened yet.

I don't deny he's talented. It doesn't matter how many Brazilian steaks I eat on my visit to rio this month I'll still never be as fast is he is.

Richrd2205

I loved this quote from the linked-to piece:

Bjarne Riis wrote:

Contador is the strongest rider I've ever had on my team, and that applies in comparison with Tyler Hamilton, Ivan Basso, Carlos Sastre, and Andy Schleck. Alberto is of the same caliber as Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain

Well that certainly persuades me that Contador is doing it on hard-work alone!
(Just in case anyone gets upset, this isn't a comment on whether or not Contador might have eaten tainted beef, just the silliness of the list of comparisons in the context of Contador's recent issues)

Garry H

Richrd2205 wrote:

I loved this quote from the linked-to piece:

Bjarne Riis wrote:

Contador is the strongest rider I've ever had on my team, and that applies in comparison with Tyler Hamilton, Ivan Basso, Carlos Sastre, and Andy Schleck. Alberto is of the same caliber as Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain

Well that certainly persuades me that Contador is doing it on hard-work alone!
(Just in case anyone gets upset, this isn't a comment on whether or not Contador might have eaten tainted beef, just the silliness of the list of comparisons in the context of Contador's recent issues)

Why didn't you put Merckx' name in bold?

Coyote

Anyone got Riis's number? I'm flogging a far from mint 96 Lada Samara that isn't shifting. I reckon a wee bit of his magic sales patter will have me beating the punters off with a stick.

stevec205gti

dougzz wrote:

^
but we'd all know it had been 'clocked'

And it'd be running on avgas..... :roll:

dougzz

Garry H wrote:

Why didn't you put Merckx' name in bold?

Give it time you can put Andy Schleck's in bold too

Richrd2205

Garry H wrote:

Why didn't you put Merckx' name in bold?

I could have put all the names in bold, really...
I just tried to go for the most obvious ones to make a point, which I thought was funny. But you're right, Merckx was banned & let off at least once...

shakey88

does anyone really care?

GeorgeShaw

Manager says team member is really good shock horror.

About as useful as "we're going to win the World Cup".

frenchfighter

Lots of sub 1000s and sub 500s coming out to play.

rick_chasey

frenchfighter wrote:

Lots of sub 1000s and sub 500s coming out to play.

I have no idea what that means.

jonginge

Rick Chasey wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Lots of sub 1000s and sub 500s coming out to play.

I have no idea what that means.

Post counts?

inkyfingers

Rick Chasey wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Lots of sub 1000s and sub 500s coming out to play.

I have no idea what that means.

I can only assume that FF finds my opinions less valid as i've only posted 800 or so times, I gues i'm a lightweight rather than a champion...

pb21

Rick Chasey wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Lots of sub 1000s and sub 500s coming out to play.

I have no idea what that means.

What FF is alluding to, is that people who don’t spend hours posting on an internet forum, and therefore have a low post count have flawed opinions.

:roll:

andrewjoseph

does post count on bike radar count, 'cos my post count on 'other' fora is in the 10's of k's.

if you add all my forum posts up I must easily be over 100 k posts.

and my emails,

I've made thousands of text messages too, and phone calls!

What about all the letters I've written?

rick_chasey

pb21 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Lots of sub 1000s and sub 500s coming out to play.

I have no idea what that means.

What FF is alluding to, is that people who don’t spend hours posting on an internet forum, and therefore have a low post count have flawed opinions.

:roll:

I'd suggest it's the other way around.

i.e. the more posts you have, the less of a life you have therefore, your opinion is less likely to be balanced (see my recent posts for a classic example of unbalanced rantings).

Homer J

So.. If AC takes part in Le Tour will he actually win a stage, seeing that he is the "strongest ever"? Me thinks he will dishonour the MJ like he did last year. Some champion :roll:

Kléber

frenchfighter wrote:

Lots of sub 1000s and sub 500s coming out to play.

Pah, that's just the sort of thing you'd expect from a sub 6000 newbie :roll:

I've changed jobs and have been trying to avoid this forum, to keep the post count down. Oh well...