Contador paid for his own wheels...

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  • victorponf
    victorponf Posts: 1,187
    The first time i readed about this was in July, in the Pais (spanish newspaper), and Carlos Arribas said even in the Mont Ventoux Contador had to descent in his brother´s car, because nobody in the team carried him.


    http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes ... %25253D375
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  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    sounds like AC increasngly had to go his own way at TDF...brother as driver and mechanic, one woder if he would really trust their cook...no way would Lemond have...he had his bottles finger printed he was that scared
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador says again that he had to buy his own wheels in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I just cant believe that Johan would deliberately leave their tour winner behind at the hotel. How furious would the team sponsors be, and it wouldnt show him in a good light for the future. Lance will drop out of pro cycling in 2 years or so - he's done it before and left a lot of people in the lurch.

    I had a great photo of Sean Kelly, clearly wearing Puma shoes, but they'd been bootpolished over and three white adidas stripes painted over. It was the back cover of the comic.
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    edited November 2009
    cougie wrote:
    I just cant believe that Johan would deliberately leave their tour winner behind at the hotel. How furious would the team sponsors be, and it wouldnt show him in a good light for the future. Lance will drop out of pro cycling in 2 years or so - he's done it before and left a lot of people in the lurch.

    I had a great photo of Sean Kelly, clearly wearing Puma shoes, but they'd been bootpolished over and three white adidas stripes painted over. It was the back cover of the comic.

    I think you might be underestimating how much money Armstrong's success has generated. It's stunningly more than Contador will ever make, and it will continue making more money as a legecy. I understand from the book he wrote that Johan too wants a slice of the lagacy benefits. And why not? He's certainly earned it. If that means shafting Contador a bit then so be it. Occasionally when you're the boss you have to eat a bowl of sh!t.
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    I don't remember Lance leaving anyone "in the lurch" last time he retired. IIRC he'd stated his intention to retire after the '05 tour a year or 2 in advance?

    what is the world coming to, I'm defending Lance! Must remember to be less open-minded in the future :lol:
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,903
    cougie wrote:
    I just cant believe that Johan would deliberately leave their tour winner behind at the hotel. How furious would the team sponsors be, and it wouldnt show him in a good light for the future.

    yeah pretty crazy... can you imagine the total cr4p vortex that would have created if AC had turned up late for his TT start and lost the tour?
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Contador says again that he had to buy his own wheels in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport.

    There is nothing to see here move on................
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    If he paid for his own wheels - why is he riding THE SAME WHEELS AS THE REST OF THE TEAM!!!???


    Surely - if you're going to buy your own kit, you're going to pick something better than a Bontrager disc and Hed Tri-spoke?

    At the very least a ZIpp Disc or a Hed Disc. But a Bontry disc?

    Makes no sense - especially when it's the wheels that he would have been provided with for free.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    i think a lot of the time when riders buy their own kit it has to be branded as team issue so as not to upset the sponsors
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Apparently what really happened was that he discovered his wheels had been stolen in the night and replaced by osmium/iridium alloy replicas. When he discovered what happened early the next morning he had to nip out to the LBS to see what he could get, it took some time as the first 3 shops were all closed for a Texan national holiday.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    ShinyHelmut wrote:
    I don't remember Lance leaving anyone "in the lurch" last time he retired. IIRC he'd stated his intention to retire after the '05 tour a year or 2 in advance?

    what is the world coming to, I'm defending Lance! Must remember to be less open-minded in the future :lol:

    I was talking about the Discovery Team folding. If LA had wanted to - he could have kept that team running. Nobody in the States would have had a better chance than he would. Instead he turned his back on cycling, and his team mates were left without jobs.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The latest on this is quite funny. The dynamic duo should try telling the truth once in a while...

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2901/ ... laims.aspx
    Contador is the Greatest
  • dulldave
    dulldave Posts: 949
    cougie wrote:

    I was talking about the Discovery Team folding. If LA had wanted to - he could have kept that team running. Nobody in the States would have had a better chance than he would. Instead he turned his back on cycling, and his team mates were left without jobs.

    I agree. I can remember the press statement at the time was quite hypocritical, talking about cycling being in a bad place etc etc and seeing them return when it had got itself back together.

    I can remember finding this quite hard to swallow. Regardless of what you think about the did-they didn't-they argument about doping. They certainly didn't lift a finger to help matters. Other than that 'donation'.
    Scottish and British...and a bit French
  • lucybears
    lucybears Posts: 366
    frenchfighter wrote:
    The latest on this is quite funny. The dynamic duo should try telling the truth once in a while...

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2901/ ... laims.aspx

    Josu Garai original Marca article
    http://marcawas5.recoletos.es/blogs/Con ... dPost=5129
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  • Unsheath
    Unsheath Posts: 49
    Looks like it was a Lightweight disk and not a Bontrager. Makes Sense.
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Just looked on youtube to look at the Annecy TT and it all looks fair and square from this link-

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8PCADMblxg

    Just liked say Hi to Ac's mum- "FF" :wink:

    We all think your boy is lovely.

    -Jerry

    PS- Driven through Annecy a couple of years ago and stayed in Chamonix; cracking area.
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