And here's another top 5 wrinkle: if Contador signs with Movistar, which I don't know why he wouldn't, Valverde could end up as their guy in July.

???

Did Contador get sacked from Saxo?

I've tried working with him a bit, but it doesn't look like much has stuck. I think there are too many cooks in the kitchen on this one and they don't know who to listen to. They've worked on the fit, worked in the Velodrome, worked in the tunnel...but, he doesn't give anything a chance. He consistently reverts back to the Velodrome testing done with SRM. In my opinion, AS doesn't have the patience to try and improve his TTing...just keeps doing the same thing hoping for a different result. The position is so adaptable, but doesn't give it the time. His saddle wasn't as far forward as it could go...he wasn't at UCI extension limits, his arms were really wide (hard to know without wind tunnel data if this is good or bad, but usually, tall skinny dudes are most aero with narrow elbows). It will take someone spending a lot of time with Andy to change this...Not one wind tunnel trip or a bike fit, but someone who will be there daily for a few weeks that he trusts and will give him the confidence to try something different and be there to make modifications along the way.

Interesting...you can lead a horse to water, huh? ;-) I guess my speculations in post #49 of this thread were right.

Perhaps what is needed is for him to talk to someone who's had to go through the process of "adapting" to the new position and saw the results from it...someone who he would potentially respect, like another top pro rider? Got any ideas? I'm trying to think of someone who's transformed their TT'ing ability by changing their position...

His position in the bottom left photo *looks* pretty good.

Tony Martin
Craig Alexander
I bet at one point Levi Leipheimer went through something like that.

Yeah, see here. Stokes is legit on reporting.

Contador was also linked to Movistar when that team formed, which makes sense like Cav > Sky. There was also a CyclingNews article citing a report that said he was done with Saxo, which all parties denied. That probably means it's accurate.

Matt almost put Andy on the Boardman Corima position:

>.I'm guessing it might have to be a retired euro-pro...


You might look up Johan Bruyneel's background

Were you reading my mind as I was editing my post calling the Corima the original P3?

I was
but I bet if we dig there is a bike somewhere pre-dating the corima with the rear wheel cutout.