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Lance Armstrong returns to the race he dominated for seven years, but will have to beat team-mate Alberto Contador, who is the hot favourite. The Spaniard, who won the event in...

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By cpelkey Alberto Contador said his decision to stay with Astana for 2010 was the best option to allow him to reload for the Tour de France. Following a tumultuous season with the return of Lance Armstrong, Contador was mulling moving to several teams, but finally settled on staying with Astana afte...

Kazakhstan's state sovereign fund pledged $22 million in financial backing to the Astana cycling team Friday, ensuring the squad stays alive and Tour de France champion Alberto Contador remains in its ranks.

By romanmica@gmail.com (Roman Mica) Alberto Contador, the 2009 Tour de France Champion, will indeed stay with team Astana for one more year full filling the final year or his three year contact with the troubled team that was once home to Lance Armstrong. Will he or won't he...stay with Astana? That's been the question that's bee...

By sfrothingham Will he stay or will he go? If you ask the Kazakhs, Tour de France winner Alberto Contador is staying in an Astana jersey in 2010. The ongoing saga of the future of Contador took another turn this week when officials said the two-time Tour champion isn’t going anywhere and that he will be held t...

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By editor MADRID, Oct 24, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador would like to race with a Spanish team next year but refused to rule out staying with Astana until his contract with the Kazakh-funded outfit runs out in 2010. Contador won the Tour de France in 2007 with Discovery Channel...

By editor Kazakh cycling team Astana, still awaiting their ProTour license, insisted Friday they are hopeful of keeping Tour de France champion Alberto Contador among their riders. Astana and four other teams – Caisse d’Epargne, Euskaltel, Saxo Bank and Sky – were on Thursday found lacking by th...

By cpelkey The managers of the Astana team said Friday that it will work tirelessly to keep Alberto Contador on the Kazakh-financed team, despite missing a UCI deadline that theoretically gives the defending Tour de France champion the right to terminate his contract. The Kazakh Cycling Federati...

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is free to leave Astana since the Kazakh team have not yet been granted their elite status for 2010, according to the International Cycling Union's regulations. Tour de FranceTour de France 1999Cycling

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is free to leave Astana as team yet to be awarded elite status for 2010.

By Gene Bisbee The 25-year-old from Wenatchee, Washington, scored more points than any other US cyclist on the UCI's individual world rankings. Topping the virtual podium were Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, Alejandro Valverde and Samuel Sanchez, all from Spain.

Alberto Contador has spearheaded a dominant season for Spanish cycling after finishing on top of the International Cycling Union's world rankings. The Tour de France champion led a Spanish trio, with ...

By editor PARIS, Oct 19, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador finished the official cycling season as the top ranked rider in the International Cycling Union (UCI) world calendar released on Monday. In an all-Spanish podium Contador, who rides for Astana, finished top on 527 poin...

By editor PARIS, Oct 15, 2009 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong tried to conceal it, but a wry smile gave away just how high his rivalry with yellow jersey rival Alberto Contador may soar on their anticipated duel at the Tour de France in 2010. Normally teams at the Tour de France serve to have one designated lead...

By Gene Bisbee Announced in Paris on Wednesday, the immediate reaction was a mixed bag. Defending champion Alberto Contador liked it better than the 2009 route, but was worried about the cobblestones in Belgium. Green jersey winner Thor Hushovd .....

By William Fotheringham Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador were in the same room today but not, naturally, side by side as they watched the unveiling of the 2010 Tour de France route, where their bitter rivalry from this July can be expected to continue, assuming this year's Tour de France winner has a team of an...

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The next chapter in the rivalry between seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and defending champion Alberto Contador will take place in a majestic landscape next July - the Pyrenees.

By Associated Press The next chapter in the rivalry between seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and defending champion Alberto Contador will take place in a majestic landscape next July -- the Pyrenees.

By cpelkey Here are some reactions from the main players during Wednesday’s Tour de France presentation: Alberto Contador – 1st overall: “My authentic rival is Andy Schleck. Looking at the time trial, it’s better for me than last year. This Tour is better for me than last year, especially with a stage...

By cpelkey Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador played down the threat of a doping probe that was launched a day before the presentation of next year's race. Paris prosecutors on Tuesday revealed they had launched an investigation after the discovery of suspicious medical equipment...

The Astana team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong is the target of a probe after suspicious medical material was seized during this year's Tour de France.

By editor According to French daily Le Monde, the investigation involves a number of teams including Astana, home of 2009 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of Spain and American seven-time winner Lance Armstrong. The route of the 2010 Tour de France, which will begin in the Dutch city of Rot...

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and 2009 winner Alberto Contador will be on hand Wednesday when organizers unveil the 2010 route for cycling's biggest race.

Team Sky is eyeing up a bold approach to lure Tour de France winner Alberto Contador to their new team.

Astana and UCI reject doping agency claims of favourable testing for Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador at Tour de France.

By Richard Moore Lance Armstrong's Astana team has denied allegations that they received preferential treatment from drug testers during the Tour de France. The race was won by Alberto Contador, also of Astana, with Armstrong third, but two French newspapers reported today that the French Anti-Dopin...

To leading newspapers in France say the Astana team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and third placed Lance Armstrong were given an easy ride during dope tests this ...

Team of Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong treated favourably in Tour de France claims French antidoping agency.

By editor PARIS, Oct 5, 2009 (AFP) – The Astana team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and third placed Lance Armstrong were given an easy ride during dope tests at the 2009 event, two leading French newspapers said Monday. They quoted a report by the French anti-doping agency AFLD accusing [......

By cpelkey The Astana team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and third placed Lance Armstrong were given an easy ride during dope tests at the 2009 event, two leading French newspapers said Monday. Both Le Monde and Le Figaro published stories on Monday quoting a report by the French anti-dop...

By editor The cycling future of the Astana team, whose star rider is Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, could be in doubt, UCI chief Pat McQuaid said Saturday. The Kazakh-backed team have had a torrid year prior to Contador’s Tour de France triumph in July.

By ESPN.com news services Quick Step is in talks with Alberto Contador about signing the Tour de France champion for next season, the Belgian team's manager said on Tuesday.

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By Richard Moore Lance Armstrong has said for the first time that he can win an eighth Tour de France in 2010. After finishing third in his comeback Tour in July the American says he is confident he will be stronger and better equipped to beat this year's winner, Alberto Contador.

Alberto Contador won the Tour de France for a second time Wednesday, and Lance Armstrong capped his return to the race with an impressive third-place finish.

By By JULIET MACUR Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of Spain celebrated on the podium in Paris on Sunday.

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By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Alberto Contador, left, and Andy Schleck of Luxembourg cycled on the Place de la Concorde during the final 21st stage of the 96th Tour de France on Sunday.

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Alberto Contador has all but locked up the Tour de France title, keeping the yellow jersey after a punishing mountain ride in the next to last stage.

Alberto Contador stayed in command at the Tour de France with two days of racing left while teammate Lance Armstrong remained in third place as a daunting mountain climb awaits.

By Gene Bisbee Although the top 8 overall remained in order behind yellow jersey Alberto Contador, Lance Armstrong gained 4 seconds in his overall third position by staying with the lead group as a split developed further back to the others in the peloton.

By Gene Bisbee The Schleck brothers tried a one-two punch to knock Alberto Contador out of the yellow jersey on Tuesday as Stage 16 of the Tour de France continued through the Alps. The effort didn't phase the Spanish cyclist on Team Astana, but it briefly put Lance Armstrong on the mat. He valiantly battle...

By By JULIET MACUR The action intensified as the Tour de France headed into the Swiss Alps, where Alberto Contador attacked steep climbs to win Stage 15 and the yellow jersey.

By Associated Press Five-time Tour de France champion Bernard Hinault believes that Lance Armstrong won't win this year's race, saying the American's rivalry with Astana teammate Alberto Contador is motivating the Spaniard.

By Gene Bisbee Leipheimer was sitting in 4th place in the overall battle for the yellow jersey, 39 seconds behind the leader. I'm sure he'll be sorely missed by teammates Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong, who sit in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Denmark’s Nicki Sorensen has won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, with Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador and overall leader Rinaldo Nocentini among those in the chasing pack.

By Gene Bisbee Tour de France first-timer Rinaldo Nocentini held onto the overall leader's yellow jersey, and remained 6 seconds ahead of Alberto Contador and 8 seconds ahead of Lance Armstrong. Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish, however, lost his green points jersey to Norway's Thor Hushovd, who ga...

By By JULIET MACUR “If Alberto is better,” Lance Armstrong, right, said earlier this week of his Astana team mate, Alberto Contador, “I will ride for him.”

By By JULIET MACUR Alberto Contador and other riders will be competing in what officials insist that this will be the most tested event in the sport’s history.

By By JULIET MACUR Alberto Contador, whose team was barred from the Tour de France last year, heads a talented field of top riders competing the biggest race in cycling.

By Gene Bisbee Chris Horner writing about his disappointment in not being chosen to ride alongside Alberto Contador, Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer in the 2009 Tour de France. A native of Bend, Oregon, Horner's Freewheeling column appears in the Oregonian.

By Gene Bisbee Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador is the choice to lead Team Astana's 9-man squad at the 2009 Tour de France this year. Citing his 2007 Tour de France championship and victories at all three Grand Tours, team manager Johan Bruyneel writes at the Astana website:

By Gene Bisbee The winner of the breakaway sprint, Milram's Niki Terpstra of the Netherlands, also took over the race lead from Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans. Evans, one of the favorites to win the Tour de France next month, finished with rival Alberto Contador in the peloton that crossed the line about...

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According to the most recent updates, Cadel Evans is losing close to a minute to Toni Colom after twenty kilometers. His time gap to Alberto Contador will definitely be wider. Damiano Cunego clocked 33'25" too, but finished in sixth, ending his "race ...

According to the most recent updates, Cadel Evans is losing close to a minute to Toni Colom after twenty kilometers. His time gap to Alberto Contador will definitely be wider. Damiano Cunego clocked 33'25" too, but finished in sixth, ending his "race ...

Former Tour de France winner Alberto Contador agrees to race alongside Lance Armstrong in the Astana team.

Cadel Evans puts feet back on the pedals Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Dec 16, 2007 The 23 seconds is the margin by which Evans failed to win the Tour de France in July, settling for second behind young Spaniard Alberto Contador. ...

AFP Astana look to Danish expert for anti-doping guidance AFP - Nov 27, 2007 In July Bruyneel was in charge of Discovery Channel as his Spanish team leader, Alberto Contador, claimed victory in the Tour de France. ...

Listen to a report from the finish. Prodir-Saunier Duval's Luciano Pagliarini won the stage, but Discovery's George Hincapie, escorted by Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and teammate Levi Leipheimer, continued his ride in yellow and maintained his stranglehold on the overall...

German authorities said Tuesday they have received documents from doping expert Werner Franke which he claims show Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was involved in doping.

Paris - His Discovery Team team director, Johan Bruyneel, certainly meant it as a compliment when he called the 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador the new Lance Armstrong. But in the current atmosphere, the name...

Contador takes over lead at Tour de France CASTELSARRASIN, France, July 26 -- Daniele Bennati claimed the Tour de France's 17th stage Thursday and Alberto Contador took over as the overall leader in cycling's most prestigious event. The stage -- 118...

1. Michael Rasmussen, Denmark, Rabobank, 19 hours 52 minutes 48 seconds 2. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 2:35 minutes behind 3. Iban Mayo, Spain, Saunier Duval, 2:39 4. Cadel Evans, Australia, Predictor-Lotto, 2:41 5. Alberto Contador...