Ian Butler wrote:
What about Sagan taking all 5 monuments?
Not five, but i hope for his first next year.
Anyway Contador will win 4 stage races, including Tour.
After what he's been through, he'd deserve it!
Yes, a 6 months ban, so tough. I guess Fuyu Li after two years deserves a Nobel Prize.
What about Mandela then, he would deserve a truck of prizes (well he actually did receive every possible honour)
Yeah, not really the same thing, though, right?
What happened to Contador was unfortunate (or some would say justice)
What happened to Mandela was just criminal and inhuman.
Ian Butler wrote:
All this hatred against Contador.
I'm sorry, but I think he deserves TDF, because he is a rare kind of rider.
He's a strong climber, a good TT rider and at least he really attacks to win, unlike some other racers.
His suspension was actually a crime against the human rights: innocent until proven guilty.
Are you serious? You can be a fan, nobody can say something about that but hey, what? The whole team went for dinner and guess what, ONLY his meat was 'filthy' ? Why? I mean seriously, or either the product they needed was in the meat and only Contador was careless about it or the product was not in the meat but provided to him by something else.
Personally I think it would be a too big a coincidence that only his meat would contain a product. The teams provide their riders their own food because 'nothing like this' would happen, and now it happened and guess what, it happened to the guy who won . If you really think this was one big missunderstanding, one big coincidence, then you need to take your rocket back to earth, because you're living with you feet way too far off the ground.
Anyway, off topic in the off topic forum, nicely done on that one .
I think Gilbert had an exceptional year last year, Boonen has his this year, next year I think their will be nobody that will be having such a season, I don't see somebody that had such a bad luck this year (yeah, I know, Cancellara, but still we'll see what he can manage for the rest of this season).
You guys are so focussed on off-topic Contador that you have forgot that Sagan just won 4 stages in a row. Not the most prestigious race but still good job by him.
Ian Butler wrote:
Last year we had Gilbert taking four wins in a row, this year Boonen. Which rider would take 4 important races next year?
I have my money on Sagan being a monster in the big races next year. He had some serious competition this year, but he is just the strongest rider in the world imo, and with some experience he will crush all competition.
Well, I'm sorry but I prefer a cyclist that makes me enjoy every race he participates (yes, despite having tested positive for a substance in quantities are useless ... but that is assessing each).
And I prefer a thousand times before others who are idolized and all they do is participate in one race a year (the Tour) and detract from the rest, their teams, mates and their manager (Schlecks brothers obviously .)
And I write this though is not very popular and I will be criticized for it, but I do not care. Everyone should be able to express their views freely
As Sagan ... I do not know if it will be next year or in 3, but obviously he is called to write their name in the history of the classic. Let's wait and enjoy it
A greeting.
Anyway, it's a bit hard, and rare, some cast doubt on the chances of Cancellara for 2013 ... for me is still the boss, no doubt! Edited by tmobile on 03-06-2012 15:37
ruben wrote:
Gesink with the TDF 2012, Vuelta 2012, Giro 2013, TDF 2013 quadriple
Well, I think that if a year he will focus on preparing a race like the Giro or the Vuelta, would be a serious candidate ... but the Tour de France I think that is too big.
