Alberto Contador - How good is he?

Running Bing · 26-07-2009, 13:50

Seriously, a year younger than Armstrong when he won his first tour and he has already won two tours, the Giro and the Vuelta

Thats some going. So how good can he be? Potentially the greatest of all time? Could he one day be mentioned in the same breath as Eddie Merckx?

It looks like his main competition in coming years will be from Andy Schleck. They should have some epic battles together but at the moment he just looks a class above.

So do people think he can dominate for years to come or will the competition prove too stiff?

mloc123 · 26-07-2009, 14:01

He has a very good doctor..

Captain Havoc · 26-07-2009, 14:02

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Originally Posted by mloc123

He has a very good doctor..

Good to see you brought your can opener

kmart6 · 26-07-2009, 14:06

Oh yay....here comes pages of AC bashing!! You can't win a race these days unless your doped!

Running Bing · 26-07-2009, 14:09

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Originally Posted by mloc123

He has a very good doctor..

Jaysus, second post...that was even quicker than I expected.

Hermy · 26-07-2009, 14:20

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Originally Posted by kmart6

You can't win a race these days unless your doped!

You might be right.

kmart6 · 26-07-2009, 14:22

Well unfortunately I was being sarcastic!

Hermy · 26-07-2009, 14:24

Last day of the Tour - large helpings of sarcasm all round.

kmart6 · 26-07-2009, 14:27

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Originally Posted by Hermy

Last day of the Tour - large helpings of sarcasm all round.

Now to wait for the Vuelta!!!

rottenhat · 26-07-2009, 18:20

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Originally Posted by Running Bing

Thats some going. So how good can he be? Potentially the greatest of all time? Could he one day be mentioned in the same breath as Eddie Merckx?

I think it's unlikely anyone could dominate the sport these days like Merckx did in his prime. However it would be nice to see a rider who would even attempt a clean sweep of the jerseys. Obviously it's not in Bruyneel's game plan but to have so much talent gathered in one team and still be relentlessly focussed on just the win on GC...it's percentage play but it's pretty boring and kind of unambitious.

Nietzschean · 26-07-2009, 18:31

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Originally Posted by rottenhat

I think it's unlikely anyone could dominate the sport these days like Merckx did in his prime. However it would be nice to see a rider who would even attempt a clean sweep of the jerseys. Obviously it's not in Bruyneel's game plan but to have so much talent gathered in one team and still be relentlessly focussed on just the win on GC...it's percentage play but it's pretty boring and kind of unambitious.

They didn't really have anyone for the green jersey on the team, Kloden could have given a good bash off the pokadot jersey, but without him i don't think lance would have come anything close to third(mind you without lance i think kloden would be on the podium, though the press does seem to be blaming contador for that)

greendom · 26-07-2009, 20:43

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009...oping-problems

Greg Lemond points the finger of suspicion...

eggie · 26-07-2009, 21:16

He'll be the best until he gets caught or until he earns enough cash to keep control of the situation and make people afraid to challenge his authority.

The latter is highly unlikely with unparallelled superiority in the sport elsewhere.

eggie · 26-07-2009, 21:25

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Originally Posted by rottenhat

However it would be nice to see a rider who would even attempt a clean sweep of the jerseys.

Pretty much impossible I'd say.

E@gle. · 26-07-2009, 21:56

abvivously not good enough to deserve his own national anthem to be played for him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mapnfxjN7E

26-07-2009, 13:50	#1
Running Bing Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,808 Adverts \| Friends	Alberto Contador - How good is he? Seriously, a year younger than Armstrong when he won his first tour and he has already won two tours, the Giro and the Vuelta Thats some going. So how good can he be? Potentially the greatest of all time? Could he one day be mentioned in the same breath as Eddie Merckx? It looks like his main competition in coming years will be from Andy Schleck. They should have some epic battles together but at the moment he just looks a class above. So do people think he can dominate for years to come or will the competition prove too stiff?

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Hermy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sector 7G Posts: 1,603 Adverts \| Friends	Last day of the Tour - large helpings of sarcasm all round. __________________

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eggie Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home Posts: 883 Adverts \| Friends	He'll be the best until he gets caught or until he earns enough cash to keep control of the situation and make people afraid to challenge his authority. The latter is highly unlikely with unparallelled superiority in the sport elsewhere. __________________ A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

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mloc123 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,703 Adverts \| Friends	He has a very good doctor..

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greendom Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,070 Adverts \| Friends	http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009...oping-problems Greg Lemond points the finger of suspicion...

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E@gle. Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Athlone Posts: 1,392 Adverts \| Friends	abvivously not good enough to deserve his own national anthem to be played for him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mapnfxjN7E