Alberto Contador

Alberto Contador

Alberto Contador won the 2007 Tour de France. Contador is a Discovery Channel rider from Spain, who was a young rider competing in the 2007 Tour de France. The Tour de France is a stage race held in and around France every July... [more]

Alberto Contador won the 2007 Tour de France. Contador is a Discovery Channel rider from Spain, who was a young rider competing in the 2007 Tour de France.

The Tour de France is a stage race held in and around France every July. Contador was racing with Discovery Team for the first time in 2007 and managed to win the overall classification.

 
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Lance Armstrong is going to gave to get past Alberto Contador if he hopes to pull off the miracle and win another Tour de France - and as of today, that doesn't seem very likely. Race leader Alberto Contador of Spain and Astana rides towards victory on stage 18 of the 2009 Tour de France, a 40km Time Trial around Lake Annecy, on July 7, 2009 in Annecy, France. (Getty Images) more pics » "Now I am more comfortable going ahead toward the GC," Alberto Contador said after the today's stage of the race. "This stage victory is very important for the overall. I ... Read Full Story
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Team Radio Shack and Lance Armstrong are in Arizona for their first practice as they begin preparations for the the 2010 season. Many of the team are still under contract with Team Astana and must remain with Astana until the end of the year. Lance has now made it public that he will retire (again) after the 2011 season. Speaking t o an Italian newspaper the seven time Tour de France champ confirmed that he plans on racing professionally for two more years. " I'll go on for another two years but this time I'll have the experience of this season behind me and ... Read Full Story
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Yellow Jersey holder and race winner Alberto Contador (L) of Spain and Astana holds the trophy as Lance Armstrong of the USA and Astana looks on after Stage Twenty One of the Tour de France on July 26, 2009 in Paris, France. (Getty Images) more pics » We'd imagine that winning the most intense bicycling race in the world over a period of three grueling weeks would be a bonding experience, but guess we're wrong. In the days after the end of the Tour de France , which saw team Astana, led mainly by Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong , winning it all, the ... Read Full Story
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Alberto Contador of Spain and team Astana in action during the first time trail of the 2009 Tour de France on July 4, 2009 in Monaco, Monaco. (Getty Images) more pics » Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland and Team Saxo Bank is helped into the yellow jersey on the podium at the end of stage five of the 2009 Tour de France from Le Cap d'Agde to Perpignan on July 8, 2009 in Perpignan, France. (Getty Images) more pics » Standings as of July 8th 2009: Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) in 15:07:49 Lance Armstrong (Astana) at 00:00 Alberto Contador (Astana) at 00:19 Andréas Klöden (Astana) ... Read Full Story
(Photo by Tony Lewis/Getty Images) more pics » ISSOUDUN, France (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong warned Tuesday his rivalry with Astana team mate Alberto Contador could cost both riders their chance of Tour de France victory. "The biggest tragedy would be that the both of us want it so bad that somebody else gets it." The American seven-times Tour champion, back from retirement, is third overall and trailed second-placed Contador by two seconds before the start of the 10th stage. While Spaniard Contador, the 2007 Tour champion, has denied any rift with Armstrong, the 37-year-old Texan said on Tuesday: "There's a little bit of friction, ... Read Full Story
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Contador celebrates

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Double Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was excited by the highly mountainous route of next year's Tour of Spain unveiled on Wednesday. "It's an inspiring route, one which gives the climbers a lot of opportunities," Spaniard Contador, who won ...  
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MADRID – Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said Monday that 2009 has been his best year ever, as he received the award from the International Cycling Union (UCI) as this season's top rider. 'I think this has been my best year ever, in  
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PISA, Italy - Tour de France winner Alberto Contador admits his Astana team is weaker with Lance Armstrong's departure and the exodus of riders who followed the Texan to RadioShack.  
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Falling out . . . 'We are not making it up. It's there', says Lance Armstrong about his feud with Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador. Photo: AFP LANCE ARMSTRONG has revealed that he deliberately created conflicts during his seven-year reign as the Tour de  
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Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has not ruled out the possibility of being a team mate of Lance Armstrong again despite their difficult relationship when both were with Astana. Seven-times Tour winner Armstrong has formed a new team, RadioShack,  
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