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Hamham

I didn't see the press attack Contador when he won on the Angliru last year. In fact it was quite the opposite.

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Jimmy_Fingers in reply to @Hamham

In a way this gets to a certain heart of the matter. The reception of cycling fans to Contador opposed to Froome echoes that of Pantani to Armstrong.
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deleted in reply to @Hamham

I think he had a lot of good will as it was his swansong before retirement and wasn't riding for GC, but also people were still looking and measuring his performances: http://www.georgeron.com/2017/09/contador-VAM-powertoweightratio-angliru.html

I think that's the thing-it's the one who is winning that gets held up to the light most. If Froome had rode like that but only went from 9th to 6th in GC people would not be making so much of it. If Contador had won on the Angliru and taken GC in the Vuelta people would be baying also.