Alberto Contador DESTROYS Chris Froome-Top 5 Times

[@kasperrieberg3495]

I miss Contador for his aggresiv style No looking at watt or pulse indicator, just feeling his body out, and then go all in

[@Fauz11ukman]

You mean not a team climb? Lol

[@blueaardvark5458]

Considering his time trial abilities in his prime at least, I am pretty sure he used it rather to perfection instead not at all. For his makings he was such an extraordinary time trialist ... I am sure he knew how to use watts and pulse indicators to perfection plus what he lacked in pure strenghts and muscle he propably made up with clean technical cycling. Although his biggest quality was his climbing ability, he was for sure a beast in the time trial. In his prime even in long flat time trials.

[@dmb77]

@@blueaardvark5458 of course he worked with watts. But the point is that in the decisive climbs he was not looking at the numbers. He was just trying to destroy his rivals before destroying himself xD

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Sorry but he used the same bike computer and data as everyone else… as well as steroids.

[@prostodem]

I love Contador for the manner of his attacks. They were unpredictable and emotional. He never climbed looking at wattage, like, say, Froome does.

[@philthornton1382]

He was a proper rider, could attack, then kick again and maybe even agin if he had to and the new school of wheel suckers and watt monitors can’t hack thatv

[@jamesambrocio]

The way he dances on his pedal. Absolutely amazing. My most favorite cyclist of all time.

[@facebook-bq5xh]

RIGHT

[@facebook-bq5xh]

So so beautiful

[@jimihendrix731]

Contador is definitely my favorite rider of the modern era. Cycling hasn’t been the same since his retirement.

[@scubacollie2083]

Definitely agree mate I absolutely lived seeing Contador out of the saddle dancing on those pedals up the climbs, it really motivated me!

[@ananthakrishnanpr9298]

Sheer climber...unlike data driven froome......nd i felt his ban was little harsh...in lay mans logic even froome shud av been banned

[@jimihendrix731]

@@ananthakrishnanpr9298 data driven riding undermines the passion and true connection between man and machine. Riding by feel is cycling in it’s purest form.

[@bachataintimate3726]

Your comment has been catched up by stage 11 of the tour de france 2022😁

[@AceStrikerxXx]

Pogacar reminds me of him

[@Lebosh23435]

I’ll never forget how disappointed I was in 2014 when both crashed out of TdF would have been the greatest tour race between two riders on ridiculous form.

[@jakobkristensen9445]

Nibalis form was actually ridiculous too. In the other years he has usually been behind Contador and Froome - and sometimes Quintana, but in 2014 I actually believe that Nibali would have won the Tour, even if Froome and Contador were not crashed. At least it would have been a dog fight between all 3 riders. Don't forget that 2014 was the greatest time gap from 1 two 2 in the Tour de France since Jan Ullrich in 1997. Froomes trainer also said afterwards that it would have been extremely difficult to beat Nibali that exact year because they compared Froomes watts at the time to Nibalis watt.

[@dgr421]

Jakob Kristensen kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJewf3ehpLydpsU Contador was better than Nibali in 2014

[@blueaardvark5458]

@@dgr421 No he wasnt. Neither was Froome.I know that many people today think that the best driver is the one that puts out the highest watts in the steepest climbs, but there were times when it wasnt that way. Nibali was the one who could fly on a rainy day over the pavement of Paris-Roubaix, while Froome crashed and Contador could not follow. A technical mistake on the descent was Contador's later tragic downfall in this Tour. There is no discussion that Nibali was the best in this tour. His climbing performances were outstanding (some say suspicious), that it would have been intereting to see the comparison to Froome/Contador. However both made a mistake before, Nibali did not.

[@djokovicgreatest8720]

@@blueaardvark5458 It can't be said, practically all the mountains were missing when Contador crashed.

[@blueaardvark5458]

@@djokovicgreatest8720 We have a different approach to it, I already said it. What we cannot compare is a potential confrontation in the mountains in the steepest climbs, cause Froome and Contador were out then. Although they were able to calculate the watts Nibali was able to put out, which were so great, that many thought it to be "suspicious" instead of great. What we know is, that Froome wasn't able to follow on the rainy cobblestones, while Nibali showed a perfomance nearly on par with the specialists there. Froome crashed under this pressure, Contador lost decisive time. Contador later on made a mistake on a descent, Nibali did not. I find it rather sad, that Tour organizers more and more make it to a pure climbing perfomance comparison, killing many of the challenges in the flat stages, but there were times when it was different and a Grand Tour combined all the skills of cyclists and if you were a pure specialist for the highest mountains, but miserably in other terrain you would not have stood a chance. So for some people, defeating the competitors on the cobblestones or superior descending qualities might be cheating, I see this as part of a Grand Tour. If you are not able to go over the cobblestones fast enough, you are not the best, simply as that. Thus, I think Nibali had a well deserved victory. As a quick reminder, Contador himself won the Giro 2015 not only by his great climbing perfomances, but also by superior time trial qualities outside of the mountains, which showed the weakness of the new generation of Grand Tour contenders, only specialized in their climbing perfomance.

[@chrisbatson3402]

Contador was a absolute beast of a mountain climber. The most unpredictable brutal attacks I’ve ever seen on mountain stages.

[@graciasalbertocontador6851]

5: Criterium du Dauphine 2014 Finhaut Emosson stage 4: Vuelta a Andalucia 2015 stage 3 3: Vuelta a Espana 2017 Angliru stage 20 2: Vuelta a Espana 2014 stage 16 1: Vuelta a Espana 2014 Ancares stage 20

[@Blackeyemofo]

I think froome can set a good in the saddle pace on climbs. However contador has a lot more of an explosion and he doesn’t let up easily and if you by miracle catch him he is going to launch again

[@graciasalbertocontador6851]

Thanks to you all for so much views👍! I appreciate it!

[@chrispeakman2992]

Gracias Alberto Contador great video with fitting music. Look forward for more

[@migueldr015]

La Vuelta is where leaders have to stand out for more time, while Tour, quite more boring, its much more about the guys who work for you. Forza Contador!

[@europeancycleevents1778]

no fancy gadgets for Bertie he just goes when he's ready

[@oldgrowth45]

Man, I grew up watching Marco Pantani and remember getting chills when he’d get out of the saddle and sprint up mountain stages. Watching Contador gives me the same chills. And they both had such panache and style which in my opinion is what makes them exceptional. Pogacar is channeling the same energy these days. Great stuff.

[@ulissesmendes9043]

El pistoleiro O melhor de todos os tempos para mim... Sou um fã Português. Graças Alberto Contador.

[@erminiopreziosi1967]

Viva Portugal 🇵🇹

[@MLGcoworker]

If it wasn't for that cobble stage Contador would have won the tour in 2014 just look at his Vuelta that year the man was on a mission

[@andrealongobardi8549]

Nibali was in a superb condition ,I think he might have won the race even if Contador and Froome were not forced to abandon the race.Alberto is an absolute legend,definitely One of the greatest riders in history and the way he rides Is pure class.Nibali was a daredevil,no wonder he did well in that cobble stage,his bike handling was superb,a great rider who managed to win 3 monuments.It was a real shame we could not see them clashing in that Tour as they were all in great shape.In 2015 Alberto had already raced in the Giro and Nibali wasnt the same Nibali.of a year before.Another occasion we saw the three of them battling was La Vuelta 2017 but It was Alberto last granTour,he was almost 35 and It happened to be a Clash of 2 ,Nibali and Froome.However Alberto.is still in great shape,I follow him and he could still.ride with the peloton!

[@lorenzocortes7677]

Contador himself have told that he never was in such a good form than in the 2014 Tour. Better than the years he won it. He is very respectful with all his rivals, so he had never said he would have won it if he hadn´t fallen in the 10th stage, but he was coming back in the GC in the previous stages.

[@EntropyOCD]

To attack on the big ring while hammering out of the seat is not about efficient. It's about rising to the occasion and taking the win with panache.

[@ely3726]

From 6:06 untill 6:20 are most beautyful seconds ever ! ✌

[@patrickfajardo7758]

2:30 Chris Froome face really says it all But i really like them both

[@JoseCastro-ih8pd]

one of the best forever

[@mitzabrigada1748]

Best rider of all time for me. Poetry în motion, El Unico Alberto Contador Velasco El Pistolero🎉

[@marwanbennani8444]

The best of all time ❤

[@senouestpuceau1597]

El Pistolero 🔥❤️

[@Marlux__KL]

Alberto me manque chaque jour. ❤

[@MethenySco]

Contador was such a badass.

[@nextube_owner]

Song: Vicory, Two Steps From Hell

[@graciasalbertocontador6851]

Music: Two Steps From Hell: Victory Two Steps From Hell: Protectors of the Earth

[@christopherdevine2811]

Spare me. Doped out of his mind. What a joke.

[@umutsezen5203]

Çok özledik be bu rekabeti 😢😢😢

[@garrywallah4966]

Contador rode with panache & heart... Froome rode to his computer. Only one is a true cycling legend the other C.Froome is a cycling robot. VAMOS Alberto

[@_jd112]

Contador rode with saiz, bruyneel and riis, that's not very clean rides He's related to Puerto scandal

[@garrywallah4966]

@@_jd112 They are all doping

[@lorenzocortes7677]

@@_jd112 And Froome with an electric bike + TUEs. Don´t forget the 2015 Tour de France. Contador NEVER in his life asked for a TUE, despite he could have done it (links in another comment because I don´t know wether are admitted or will be deleted)

[@_jd112]

@@lorenzocortes7677 how can you prove contador didn’t have TUE? Or E-bike like you accuse Chris of using one ?

[@lorenzocortes7677]

@@_jd112 The first is obvious: if a sportman (or sportwoman) have a TUE, it´s public. I can´t prove the second, for this case and for any other. But Froome's data during a mountain stage of the Tour were leaked and did not correspond to someone who was doing an ascent without the help of an electric bicycle.

[@AhamadousidibeSidibe]

Mon idole Alberto et mon équipe Tinkoff

[@danielgamero2108]

Mi ídolo el gran alberto contador ninguno como el pistolero

[@AlfredoMijares-x8j]

Un verdadero crack

[@miguelangelrodriguez38]

Un maquina que se lo cargaron los del tour por ser español grande alberto

[@visentpicasent3611]

Indurain ganó 5 tour seguidos y nadie lo hizo hasta la fecha seguidos,pero este Contador ganó 3-3-3 grandes vueltas y atacando en todas ellas,indurain ganó varias. A rueda y en las contrareloj,sin desmerecer pienso que contardor le hubiese ganado es un animal!

[@joeyslats31]

Sometimes cadence isn't the answer.

[@graciasalbertocontador6851]

Joe Slater I disagree. Cadence is always the answer! It just depends on what cadence you prefer and with which you are more comfortable! Froome likes a higher cadence more and Contador is more the guy who prefers a lower cadence, because he feels more comfortable with it.

[@joeyslats31]

Gracias Alberto Contador Ok. I meant high cadence. I just get annoyed sometimes people on youtube preaching "cadence, cadence, candence" with regard to high cadence, this, in a way is what I am responding to when I say "cadence" in my comment.

[@graciasalbertocontador6851]

Joe Slater Yeah, i know what you mean. This durianrider guy is the most annoying of them all! He act's like he knows more about cycling than actual pro cyclists.

[@MethenySco]

Cadence in a big gear is the answer.

[@alainhoarau]

From un robot avec un moteur dans le cadre tricherie

[@alaalaala8191]

I did not watch cycling sikce contador retired

[@michaeljhonny9570]

I can win too if im doped to hell😉

[@ericlibron8917]

Imagen if he attend to AMGEN tour de California would be nice

[@mixedmartialartscoach6347]

EL QONQUESTADORE!!!

[@giatheman9642]

Why froome always look at watt ???

[@WanderingSword]

prime Conti & Froome > prime Pogi & Vingegaard

[@lucaslurt9873]

Vamos Alberto

[@Scopesdoped]

I hated this guy lolol. Especially when he got to celebrate on tje podium to later lose his title

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

😂 High Cadence does not work if the other rider is literally dancing on the pedals and using that skill to literally ride lower gears than you that’s why he was better than Froome

[@trentonscism]

Chris Froome is such a knucklehead

[@yubakadi217]

He was my favorite rider but you can't say He destroyed Froome, Froome was better than him sadly and he was the one who destroyed Alberto in TDF

[@KukosEQ]

All great, but don’t forget he was busted for doping on TdF. How many times he cheated without being caught?

[@BornEnlightenedNoSell]

Cu ei am crescut și lui taică meu ii placea ciclismul 🎾🎉

[@moomin3744]

These pro cyclists are like machines

[@patmcnamara3509]

One of the all time cheaters

[@devidia]

Lol, Alberto only beat Chris in a GC of a grand tourt wice and that was in the very beginning of Chris his GC ambitions. After that it's basically 10-0 for Chris, besides one or two times on smaller tours. So yeah

[@magnuschristensen711]

So yeah who cares?

[@devidia]

@@magnuschristensen711 nobody, care to comme t again?

[@joshuabrisson3091]

I'm not counting the vuelta 2012 where Contador won because Froome was certainly exhausted from the Tour he did before In 2013 Froome was without a doubt better, But 2014 Contador was just invincible,on both the Dauphiné and the Vuelta,and would have been on the Tour as well, if they didn't both fell 2015 would have been the same on the Tour if he hadn't decided to do the Giro before But yeah after that froome was better,Alberto was just too old

[@Lebosh23435]

No one was beating Contador in the tour in 2014 shame both crashed out. But he did beat him in the Vuelta weeks later sooo

[@nabilbouzera6603]

It helps when you have a fucking engine dissimulated in your bicycle

[@swairspeedfly3238]

no doping? really!

[@djsguitars01]

I agree Leandro - something about how contador went up hills on the big chain ring....& how he got away with the excuse of " it must have been the meat I had abroad" is laughable!

[@lorenzocortes7677]

@@djsguitars01 Your comment is laughable. Experts says a different thing: "Dutch doctor Douwe de Boer, considered the world's leading authority on clenbuterol analysis, endorses the innocence of the Spanish cyclist, triple winner of the Tour de France, for his possible positive for this substance in the last edition of the Tour. In this report, the doctor, who graduated in Biochemistry from the University of Groningen, emphasizes that the "main use" of the substance is "for the treatment of asthma" and assures that it is also usually applied, sometimes "in high doses," in cattle "for their growth." "Its misuse can cause poisoning in those who consume it," he says, noting that "several reports" confirm the existence of these poisonings. Regarding the case of the triple Tour de France champion, the Dutch doctor reveals that between "July 19 and 20", the controls do not indicate that there was clenbuterol, that "that found on the 21st is very low, equivalent to 0.05 ng/ mL" and that that on day 22 "was even lower, estimated at 0.02 ng/mL." De Boer states that the 'half-life' of the substance is between "25 and 39 hours." Based on pharmacological calculations, he comments that "assuming an average of 24 hours, the maximum concentration could have been 0.1 ng/mL", if it were 32 hours, "0.09 ng/mL" and if it were 40 hours "0.08 ng/mL". "These maximum concentrations are below 0.9ng/mL. Consequently, if an accidental ingestion of small quantities occurred directly after the control on July 20, it should have been undetectable for Alberto Contador and in no case would they have provided any benefit," he continues. In this way, the biochemist finds it "clear" that the Spanish runner "consumed meat from Spain" after the control on the 20th. "Knowing the history of clenbuterol poisoning in Spain and that the substance can now be detected in extremely lows, it is obvious that this particular case, the scenario of an accidental intake due to meat consumption, is the most likely," he adds. “The concentration of clenbuterol in Contador's urine is extremely low. “ Finally, in conclusion, the Dutch doctor points out that the concentration of clenbuterol in Contador's urine "is extremely low", which is "extremely probable and it would be fair to look at the case from a scenario of accidental consumption due to meat consumption" and that WADA-accredited laboratories should not report quantities of the substance "below 10 percent of its MRPL (an analytical parameter) of 2 ng/mL. to have a fair and reasonable concentration for an adverse result."

[@okthanxbye]

the one thing that makes cycling great. Roids!

[@m.amonroy4465]

okthanxbye do you mean Chris Froome is on drugs?

[@junkyard3924]

@@m.amonroy4465 everybody’s on drug. But who cares, I’m here to watch the show, more exciting it is, the better

[@charlierennie9192]

@@m.amonroy4465only one of these two is a proven cheat and it’s contador

[@tendooooo910]

the fact is froomey is better than contador xD

[@justinexplainseverything1554]

I don't know about that, if you just judge based on what they did on the road, nothing else, Contador has a big advantage over Froome. Contador won 9 Grand Tours, and Froome won 6 Grand Tours. Yes, they took 2 of those Grand Tours away from Contador, and also gave Froome 1 additional Grand Tour, to make them both even with 7 Grand Tours on paper. But, if we're just talking about what they did on the road in competition, it's Contador 9 and Froome 6. The only advantage that Froome has over Contador, is his 4 Tour de France wins, versus Contador's 3 Tour de France wins.

[@charlierennie9192]

@@justinexplainseverything1554the very fact that contador had those two grand tour wins stripped away from him tells you all you need to know. You can’t just discount the fact he lost those titles. He took drugs.

[@iseeyou4525]

Froome and Sky Team-💉💉💉💊💊💊

[@charlierennie9192]

Contador literally had two grand tour wins stripped from him for taking drugs

[@dr.merlot1532]

Most entertaining rider in cycling. Primoz roglic is now the most entertaining rider to watch in the modern day cycling.