Alberto Contador - How good is he?

Running Bing

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

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

He has a very good doctor..

Captain Havoc

mloc123 wrote: »

He has a very good doctor..

Good to see you brought your can opener

kmart6

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

Running Bing

mloc123 wrote: »

He has a very good doctor..

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

Hermy

kmart6 wrote: »

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

You might be right.:o

kmart6

Well unfortunately I was being sarcastic!

Hermy

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

kmart6

Hermy wrote: »

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

Now to wait for the Vuelta!!!:D

rottenhat

Running Bing wrote: »

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

rottenhat wrote: »

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

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jul/24/tour-de-france-doping-problems

Greg Lemond points the finger of suspicion...

eggie

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

rottenhat wrote: »

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.

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

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