Contador goes down in history after today's stage... Impressive, !!!!

Bob Martin wrote:
Greatest ride since Floyd Landis in the 2008 TdF !

It was a great comeback after lo(o)sing his 2006 title.

"Mower Man" escribió en el mensaje
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| On 05/09/2012 9:13 PM, Fred Flintstein wrote:
| On 9/5/2012 2:10 PM, atriage wrote:
| On 05/09/2012 19:58, Fred Flintstein wrote:
| On 9/5/2012 11:24 AM, atriage wrote:
| On 05/09/2012 16:33, leeanderson wrote:
| Today we saw one of the greatest cycling heroic deeds ever...
|
| That's how the great champions win, !!
|
| Don't miss the details, !!
|
|
| He's the best Grand Tour rider of the modern era. Case closed.
|
|
| He didn't win last year's Tour. But he won his 5 previous Grand
| Tour entries if you include the dope steak clouded win.
|
| Today had everything. Efficient use of his superior team support.
| A lesson for Movistar on the importance of having friends in the
| lead group rather than enemies. A tactically perfect race, capped
| with a terrific ride to seize the race lead.
|
| Great stuff.
|
| Yeah whatever else you can say about Bjarne (and there is plenty) he's
a
| great tactician. This year's Vuelta really is turning out to be a
| classic, could there be even more twists and turns to come? Two flat
| stages coming up but then the dreaded Bola del Mundo, it's not over
till
| the fat lady gets off her bike at the top of that mofo.
|
|
| Contador's primary advantage is superior team strength. He'll be
| in a position to dictate how the final climb progresses. Rodriguez
| has done well sprinting at mountaintop finishes but he's probably
| targeting Valverde at this point.
|
| F
|
| Agreed. Purito has been amazing, but in the end Saxobank Tinkoff have
| blown him away. I think it's a sad reflection of the state of the
| "sport", even though as a Brit (not normally nationalistic in any way) I
| loved Sky Procycling's dominance of the TdF...
|
| --
| Chris
|
| 'Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it
| every six months.'
|
| (Oscar Wilde.)
|

I'm sorry but I see no resemblance to the way Wiggo won his tour. One is
boring, the other is pure spectacle.
Contador attacked almost every day, more times in some stages than Wiggo in
his whole life.

On 06/09/2012 4:20 PM, leeanderson wrote:

"Mower Man" escribió en el mensaje
...
| On 05/09/2012 9:13 PM, Fred Flintstein wrote:
| On 9/5/2012 2:10 PM, atriage wrote:
| On 05/09/2012 19:58, Fred Flintstein wrote:
| On 9/5/2012 11:24 AM, atriage wrote:
| On 05/09/2012 16:33, leeanderson wrote:
| Today we saw one of the greatest cycling heroic deeds ever...
|
| That's how the great champions win, !!
|
| Don't miss the details, !!
|
|
| He's the best Grand Tour rider of the modern era. Case closed.
|
|
| He didn't win last year's Tour. But he won his 5 previous Grand
| Tour entries if you include the dope steak clouded win.
|
| Today had everything. Efficient use of his superior team support.
| A lesson for Movistar on the importance of having friends in the
| lead group rather than enemies. A tactically perfect race, capped
| with a terrific ride to seize the race lead.
|
| Great stuff.
|
| Yeah whatever else you can say about Bjarne (and there is plenty) he's
a
| great tactician. This year's Vuelta really is turning out to be a
| classic, could there be even more twists and turns to come? Two flat
| stages coming up but then the dreaded Bola del Mundo, it's not over
till
| the fat lady gets off her bike at the top of that mofo.
|
|
| Contador's primary advantage is superior team strength. He'll be
| in a position to dictate how the final climb progresses. Rodriguez
| has done well sprinting at mountaintop finishes but he's probably
| targeting Valverde at this point.
|
| F
|
| Agreed. Purito has been amazing, but in the end Saxobank Tinkoff have
| blown him away. I think it's a sad reflection of the state of the
| "sport", even though as a Brit (not normally nationalistic in any way) I
| loved Sky Procycling's dominance of the TdF...
|
| --
| Chris
|
| 'Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it
| every six months.'
|
| (Oscar Wilde.)
|

I'm sorry but I see no resemblance to the way Wiggo won his tour. One is
boring, the other is pure spectacle.
Contador attacked almost every day, more times in some stages than Wiggo in
his whole life.

Did I say that there was a resemblance? Dominance was the thing - and I
don't normally like that. (Oh, except for when it was Ayrton Senna
dominating... in another wheeled activity.)


--
Chris

'Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it
every six months.'

(Oscar Wilde.)

On 06/09/2012 17:56, Mower Man wrote:
On 06/09/2012 4:20 PM, leeanderson wrote:

"Mower Man" escribió en el mensaje
...
| On 05/09/2012 9:13 PM, Fred Flintstein wrote:
| On 9/5/2012 2:10 PM, atriage wrote:
| On 05/09/2012 19:58, Fred Flintstein wrote:
| On 9/5/2012 11:24 AM, atriage wrote:
| On 05/09/2012 16:33, leeanderson wrote:
| Today we saw one of the greatest cycling heroic deeds ever...
|
| That's how the great champions win, !!
|
| Don't miss the details, !!
|
|
| He's the best Grand Tour rider of the modern era. Case closed.
|
|
| He didn't win last year's Tour. But he won his 5 previous Grand
| Tour entries if you include the dope steak clouded win.
|
| Today had everything. Efficient use of his superior team support.
| A lesson for Movistar on the importance of having friends in the
| lead group rather than enemies. A tactically perfect race, capped
| with a terrific ride to seize the race lead.
|
| Great stuff.
|
| Yeah whatever else you can say about Bjarne (and there is plenty) he's
a
| great tactician. This year's Vuelta really is turning out to be a
| classic, could there be even more twists and turns to come? Two flat
| stages coming up but then the dreaded Bola del Mundo, it's not over
till
| the fat lady gets off her bike at the top of that mofo.
|
|
| Contador's primary advantage is superior team strength. He'll be
| in a position to dictate how the final climb progresses. Rodriguez
| has done well sprinting at mountaintop finishes but he's probably
| targeting Valverde at this point.
|
| F
|
| Agreed. Purito has been amazing, but in the end Saxobank Tinkoff have
| blown him away. I think it's a sad reflection of the state of the
| "sport", even though as a Brit (not normally nationalistic in any way) I
| loved Sky Procycling's dominance of the TdF...
|
| --
| Chris
|
| 'Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it
| every six months.'
|
| (Oscar Wilde.)
|

I'm sorry but I see no resemblance to the way Wiggo won his tour. One is
boring, the other is pure spectacle.
Contador attacked almost every day, more times in some stages than Wiggo in
his whole life.

Did I say that there was a resemblance? Dominance was the thing - and I don't
normally like that. (Oh, except for when it was Ayrton Senna dominating... in
another wheeled activity.)



Who cares about Senna dominating? Now Miss Whiplash, that's another thing
altogether.

--

Mower Man wrote:
Did I say that there was a resemblance? Dominance was the thing - and
I don't normally like that. (Oh, except for when it was Ayrton Senna
dominating... in another wheeled activity.)

atriage wrote:
Who cares about Senna dominating? Now Miss Whiplash, that's another
thing altogether.

Especially is she's dressed in a Nazi uniform while doing the dominating.

On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 8:40:02 AM UTC-7, leeanderson wrote:
Today we saw one of the greatest cycling heroic deeds ever...



That's how the great champions win, !!



Don't miss the details, !!

I was very surprised that Contador was able to take the lead. Condador's persistence and tenacity is quite admirable. This makes him one of the notable champions in cycling history.