Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
Spain, led by Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre, dominated another doping-rocked year of cycling but will face a daunting task to retain their status when Lance Armstrong returns from three years in retirement....
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
You Euroslackers have been up for hours and haven't started a Vuelta route thread yet? Geez. Okay, the route for the 2009 Vuelta a Espana was unveiled today in a presentation that Pez claims was not star-studded , despite the presence of Carlos Sastre, Alberto Contador, Sammy Sanchez, and Alejandro Valverde. Which begs the question of what exactly one has to do to impress the folks at Pez... The thoroughly...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Tenerife, Spain - Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is ready to support Astana teammate Alberto Contador at the 2009 edition of the famed race, the returning US star said on Friday. This guy is the best cyclist in the world, Armstro...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong says he's happy to let Alberto Contador be Astana's team leader.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
Lance Armstrong said he wouldn't battle Astana teammate Alberto Contador to be leader at the Tour de France next year.
Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was full of praise for his new Astana team mate Alberto Contador on Thursday....
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
TENERIFE, Spain (Reuters) - Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was full of praise for his new Astana team mate Alberto Contador on Thursday.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
The 37-year-old American is going through preseason training camp, back on a bike after a three-year retirement. He said he won't battle Alberto Contador, who will be trying to win a second Tour title next July, to be team leader.
WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
Lance Armstrong said he wouldn’t battle Astana teammate Alberto Contador to be leader at the Tour de France next year.
France24 (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and 2007 winner Alberto Contador paired up for the first time in the Canary Islands for training session. The two champions intend to run the 2009 Tour de France edition in July.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Tour de France champions Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador trained together Wednesday for the first time since the American came out of retirement to join the Astana team.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Paris - Giro d'Italia and Vuelta champion Alberto Contador of Spain won the prestigious Golden Bike award for the second straight year on Wednesday. Contador received 72 votes as he beat Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland (4...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Madrid - Former Tour de France champion Alberto Contador underwent surgery to relieve a blockage in his nasal passage and to remove a polyp on his vocal cord on Monday. Contador said the operation would force him to miss a December training camp of h...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
This is truly an historic night, if not an utterly surprising one. To wit: Congratulations Rider of the Year Alberto Contador ! The double grand tour winner defeated runner-up Fabian Cancellara by 11%. Don't weep for Cancellara though, as he has won the honors for best single act , in a nailbiter over teammate Carlos Sastre's Alpe d'Huez escape. Cancellara's stunning capture of Milano-Sanremo was...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Former Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will miss next year's Giro d'Italia and is a doubtful starter for the Spanish Vuelta in order to concentrate on the Tour de France.
