Unbelievable

Alberto Contador is now blaming his team on his failure to win the double.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cont...-stronger-team

He's very adept at building team unity.


Bill
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William R. Mattil

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On 28/07/2011 12:40, William R. Mattil wrote:
Alberto Contador is now blaming his team on his failure to win the double.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cont...-stronger-team


He's very adept at building team unity.


He learnt everything he knows from Vinokourov.

Pete

William R. Mattil wrote:
Alberto Contador is now blaming his team on his failure to win the double.

No he doesn't. If CN really says so, then they got it wrong. (Surprise.)

On 7/28/2011 11:23 AM, A. Dumas wrote:
William R. Mattil wrote:
Alberto Contador is now blaming his team on his failure to win the
double.

No he doesn't. If CN really says so, then they got it wrong. (Surprise.)

After reading the article, CN doesn't really say so.

On Jul 28, 7:40*am, "William R. Mattil"
wrote:
Alberto Contador is now blaming his team on his failure to win the double..

I suppose you could read it that way (and Cyclingnews obviously does
with their headline), but here's what they quoted:

"You need to have stages that suit you, either a prologue, a mountain
time trial or two time trials. But not a team time trial if you don't
have a strong team."

Does anyone disagree with the notion that it's a significant
disadvantage to have a TTT in the race (especially if it's a longer
one, unlike this year's short one), but have a team that isn't strong,
especially not in the TTT?

Contador lost "only" 24 seconds to Evans in the TTT this year. I
doubt he blames his fifth place finish this year to those 24 seconds.

But as a spectator on TV, I did wonder "where the heck is Saxo Bank"
when they showed the front of the peloton or when Contador was off the
bike, e.g. after the Karpets entanglement.

On Jul 29, 7:25*am, Victor Kan wrote:

But as a spectator on TV, I did wonder "where the heck is Saxo Bank"

Wearing Leopard Trek jerseys for the most part.

R