Contador rips Armstrong

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WhiteH2O Horn

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Surprise, surprise

That's funny, I read an interview with Contador long before Armstrong came out of retirement in which he indicated that he idolized Armstrong. Considering the recent tensions, I'm not too surprised to see him going the other way with these comments. It's setting up to be a genuinely bitter feud next year. I get the feeling that Contador will try to bury Armstrong next July. Not just beat him, but humiliate him.

I also have to say that I think Lance could have handled this whole situation much better than he did. I believed that Lance would have reached out to Alberto and made an attempt to both mentor him in the finer aspects of becoming a smarter, even more dominant champion, and to show the kid some respect in their interaction within the team. I guess that Contador feels that Lance did not do enough of this kind of thing off the bike, although he cannot deny that Lance was a model teammate on the road.

Oh well, what's done is done, and I think we have a pretty nasty, old school style cycling rivalry being born. If you thought Lance vs Alberto was compelling this year, just wait until next July. My man better work his *** off if he wants to dethrone that kid and also compete with the like of Andy Schleck.
 
Lance didn't come out of retirement to stroke Contador's bloated Spanish ego. And the caballo he rode in on.
I know it isn't likely, but I would love to see Lance's tire tracks down the middle of Contador's back next year.
This just sets up a great rivalry and plenty of juicy press stories for an entire year. Should be fun to anticipate.
 
On the day you're giong to win the Tour de France, your more-famous teammate announces that he's going with another team in 2010. Lance is about as bad of a teammate as Contador. None of them can take the high road.
 
Ok, so he announced he was leaving his team 3 days before the final stage. I stand corrected. I'm sure his teammates appreciated him not waiting until after the Tour de France.

And for the record, I'm not saying that Contador is in the right. But I don't see much evidence of either guy being a good teammate.
 
Maybe Lance just took off on his team like Contrador did and they did not follow and stayed behind, like Lance did. Seeing as how at least a couple to a few of the Astana guys will likely be on the Radio Shack team, I don't find it bad form at all. They all knew. Hell, some of them may have already told him that they would go along with him. But these are pro's and their job at hand was THIS TdF. They rode and they rode hard for the team this year. Well, all but one, Contador. He rode hard for himself.

And Lance is right. Without Lance specifically and the other Astana entourage, one of the S brothers wins.
 
I think that announcing the new sponsor during the height of television viewership made perfectly good business sense. Any other time would have gotten someone canned for missing the opportunity.
 
As much as I loved watching Lance dominate in the past, the guy has always had a large chunk of ******* inside of him (although less so since his cancer). It's been shown in spades throughout this tour. You mix Contador in, who is no saint himself, plus the team uncertainties, and you get this soap opera. This is already looking like Hinault/Lemond part 2.

And I know he says he's riding (for free?) to raise cancer awareness but the media sure haven't done a good job relaying that message.
 
While Astana was having financial problems, and appeared they would not be paying the riders, LA went out and negotiated with potential sponsors to fund the team this year, if it folded.
Contador went around shopping himself to other teams.
During the tour, Contador signed with another team, but has one more year remaining on the Astana contract. It remains to be seen if Astana will exist next year, or if Contador will honor the contract if the team remains viable.
So I wouldn't put a lot of warm fuzziness on the internal workings of Astana in general.
 
Paul Sherwin, who lives in Uganda, just posted (on twitter recently) an African saying.."Don't tell the man who is carrying you that he stinks."

ummmm...
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