Contador ducks the Tour

Alberto Contador @albertocontador · 6m
Waiting for some details, I can announce that my first goal on 2015 will be the Giro d'Italia.
Waiting for some details, I can announce that my first goal on 2015 will be the Giro d'Italia.
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On the other hand maybe he just fancies trying the double. The worst that happens is he doesn't win. He's at a stage in his career where he needn't be afraid of failure.
Giro and Vuelta to bring the score to 10
I think I may have predicted this somewhere - the Sagan signing makes a lot of sense in this context
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No they work together no problem. Sagan does not need a team dedicated around him and many of the flatland men that would keep Contador close to the front on the flat stages would be there for Sagan also. There are a ton of races other than the Tour that Sagan will target.
The Giro Tour is a tough ask but Contador is just about the only one who could manage it.
It's not the working together - it's having a 'star' presence at the Tour in the theoretical absence of Contador.
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Hopefully Nibali does the Giro this year which should be a good contest.
Surely Contador means he is going to do the Giro and the Tour - I'm still expecting all of the big 4 to ride the Tour irrespective of what other grand tours they do.
When was the last Giro-Tour double? 1998? And let's be honest there is no way that Pantani did it clean.
So what I'm disappointed by is that we still won't witness a head-to-head when they are all in prime condition and in form.
Nairo, Bertie, Vincenzo and him. July. Bring your A game and no excuses. That's what the world wants to see, not champions picking low hanging fruit.
Following a typical wrestling plotline that means than Wiggins, once tag team partner to Foome but now mortal enemy, would show up in the middle of the tour and smack Contador over the head with a leg of special beef.
Yes I kind of agree - I don't think it will necessarily mean he isn't in form (I know many do) but it's a significant risk. Nibali has talked about maybe going for the double but perhaps the presence of Aru will mean his team don't feel the need.
Pantani may have been the last rider to do it but just prior to him it was done a few times and in recent years how many top favourites have really tried - no all that many. OK maybe there's a reason for that but still if he wins the Giro we still have a 4 way fight for the Tour which is the main thing - it might also encourage a few more Giro winners to take on the Tour in the same year.
As a GT contender, t's a very curious tactic to lay your cards out so early; especially when you've displayed the sort of form Bertie did in Spain...
Absolutely right.
Contador runs away from the arena to join the circus, chanting dismal Dave's mantra #1: you can't lose if you don't try. Ballzy and Zoomy, the last Samurai, facing almost certain defeat to Quintana, but still in the game. For now.
Maybe they'll all pick the best grand tour of the year and all target the Giro?
Strava is not Zen.
Same time it might serve to warn Froome off. Or it might allow Froome to say he'll leave the Giro to Berti and I'll concentrate on the Tour.
Interesting number of possibilities but I'd say the message is aimed at Nibbles and Froome obviously.
Not necessarily... Nibali wants to do the Giro too... Contador likes the Giro, it's no secret... he might be at stage of his career where he has the luxury of choosing and he prefers to race in the Giro. The Tour is a lot of stress, a lot of tension, it's more about trying to stay fit and healthy and avoid crashes than actually attacking. Contador likes to attack
Stage wins or two and a top 5?
You forgot to add the photo:
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Majka is too ugly to look good in pink... :?
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Well, 3 choices seemed better than 2.
Your second comment seems harsh - he seemed to ride well in support of Bertie..
Forgot about Konig.....
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