Unbelievable

[William R. Mattil]

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

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contador-says-giro-tour-double-is-possible-with-a-stronger-team

He's very adept at building team unity.


Bill
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William R. Mattil

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[Ningi[_2_]]

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/contador-says-giro-tour-double-is-possible-with-a-stronger-team
>
>
> He's very adept at building team unity.
>

He learnt everything he knows from Vinokourov.

Pete

[A. Dumas[_2_]]

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.)

[Jimmy July[_3_]]

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.

[Victor Kan]

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.

[RicodJour[_2_]]

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