Do We Think This is the Real Alberto Contador on Twitter?

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 2, 2008 5:37 PM EST Comment 42 comments

We need the discerning eyes and minds of the cafe to help. The english used in the posts is sketchy but he is replying to Lance on Twitter. So? What do you think?

If it isn't him whoever opened this under his name needs to be reported. Twitter UA does not allow people to open accounts imitating real persons. Time will tell.

And yes, I am definitely working up to the 75 word minimum.

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Who else is on Twitter?

Levi??

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by Chris... on Dec 2, 2008 5:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

if notyet he will be. Lance is enjoying it so much he'll probably

entice them all in. Wouldn’t that be a blast for all of us? Yeah!

This is a very fun off season day here on PdC. I am thankful. I’ve had a touch of SAD this week.

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 2, 2008 5:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Wait

Aren’t you in SACTO? How do you get SAD when you have 320 days of sunshine?

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by Chris... on Dec 2, 2008 5:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh well, we have had socked in fog for 3 days now

the valley fills up like a big bowl of grey mistiness

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 2, 2008 6:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

and last week it was cloudy and cold.

Sacto Valley is known for its thick winter fog

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 2, 2008 6:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm surprised your not above the fog and haze in Rocklin.

by brunopitton on Dec 2, 2008 6:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

We generally are above the fog but I work in Sacramento.

The haze is bad in Rocklin too though.

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 2, 2008 10:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I was going to say...

Methinks C has never been to the Central Val in winter. It can be super foggy and chilly.

Hope you see the sun soon!

by gavia on Dec 2, 2008 6:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget the smell...

a nice mixture of wet cow manure, agricultural pollution, pesticides… and of course there is the San Joaquin Valley Fever… How could she not get an occasional case of the SADs?

by Jimbo... on Dec 2, 2008 6:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Natch

Just July once. So I knows all!

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by Chris... on Dec 2, 2008 8:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

whoever owns it just did some "editing" and is now using all caps in the name.

(twitter play by play by ZR)

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 2, 2008 5:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think there was a fake Lance on twitter for a while

so this could be a fraud. If this were the real Bert he probably wouldn’t have to link everything to lance’s twitter, I’m sure he would have his own pictures, he’s fairly good you know.

"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt

by Phil H. on Dec 2, 2008 5:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Are you saying Bert is internet saavy?

BTW, here is a list of replies to Lance’s updates. Many are quite humorous. Maybe I am a totally fan but the Levi stuff is hysterical. Lance is teasing Levi on Twitter.

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 2, 2008 5:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Genuine? My hunch would be...no.

I can’t believe the real Bert would talk openly about needing Lance to help him win the Tour. Bert also has several Facebook profiles, all of which look somewhat dodgy to say the least!

by Albertina on Dec 2, 2008 6:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That's my hunch too. I messaged Lance and told him to tell Alberto to get the

real Alberto on it. Hah. As if Lance listens to me.

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 2, 2008 10:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes I saw that. Well done you.

Hope you get a reply!

by Albertina on Dec 3, 2008 5:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Compare to his blog

The english is much better there. Perhaps he has an editor for his blog, but I’m voting “fake” on the twitter.

by johnw on Dec 2, 2008 6:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Alberto has a my space page, which from my sources is the real alberto..

and i did find out some info last year from Alberto that hadn’t been released, and then was then released to media a couple of days later..

We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
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by CycleGirl on Dec 2, 2008 6:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

One the Albertos on face book is definately a fake..

He has a friend supposedly that he lets on, and this friends has tried to sex talk with me LOL…. so not alberto.. Just trying to catch him out though..

We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

by CycleGirl on Dec 2, 2008 6:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs