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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 rss@youtube.com (dahgutone) An Interview of Lance Armstrong by Paul Sherwen just before the Tour Down Under Author: dahgutone Keywords: Lance Armstrong Paul Sherwen Tour de France Down Under Alberto Contador Trek Astana Discovery Channel US Postal Johan Bruyneel Added: January 19, 2009

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By rss@youtube.com (AKaptN) Soundtrack : "Ah-Ah", Moby, 1997 (I Like to Score) In a 55.5 km time trial, Contador, Evans and Leipheimer fight for winning the Tour de France. Both Cadel Evans and Levi Leipheimer are racing faster than Contador, but Alberto resists and keeps the Yellow Jersey. The Spaniard, the Australia...

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By editor “My advisers are still looking into it,” said Contador, who won the Tour de France in 2007 and 2009 and both the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana in 2008. Contador added that his choice of team will be shaped by his desire to compete in the 2010 Tour de France, which Astana are not currently...

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 Richard Moore Sutton, a 25-year old who won the opening stage of the Tour of Britain, told Cyclingnews: "I've had a lot of second placings this year, and they've looked at that fact. But with the stage win at the Tour of Britain, the second on general classification there, and then what I did at the Herald Su...

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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 romanmica@gmail.com (Roman Mica) Armstrong, along with Contador, Schleck, and Radio Shack team manager Bruyneel were in Paris for the unveiling of the next year's TdF route. Armstrong and  Bruyneel also managed to sneak in some time to have lunch with French president Sarkozy.

By editor “These media reports are the first we as a team have heard of an investigation. According to the press articles, the investigation involves a number of cycling teams having participated in the 2009 Tour de France,” said the statement.

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...

Teammates-turned-rivals will be in Paris on Wednesday when organizers announce route for 2010 Tour de France

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.

By Richard Moore We have to see what happens with Astana first," said Contador, who is likely to start next year's Tour as the favourite, whichever team he is riding for. The 26-year-old offered a glowing appraisal of Wiggins's emergence, as a general classification contender saying: "Towards the end of...

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By editor After Spain’s Contador won the Tour, his teammate Armstrong, the seven-time Tour champion, promptly quit and has joined new American team Radio Shack. Several riders at the 2008 Tour de France were snared for CERA, a new variant of the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin), during a...

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 Frenchman Geoffroy Lequatre, the 2008 Tour of Britain champion, has signed for Radio Shack cycling team that will be spearheaded by Lance Armstrong in 2010, the team said Sunday. Armstrong raced in the same Astana team as Contador in 2009, the American finishing third on the Tour de Franc...

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 cpelkey The cycling future of the Astana team, whose star rider is Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, could be in doubt, UCI president Pat McQuaid said Saturday. Astana, whose ProTour license is currently under review, is hoping to impress the UCI licensing commission to avoid the revoca...

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 editor “In such a context you cannot negotiate and personally I don’t want to sign up blindly with a team,” said the winner of the 2009 and 2007 Tour of France. Astana were created by and for disgraced Kazakh cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov, who was thrown out of the 2007 Tour de France for blood doping.

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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By Gene Bisbee Juan Garate (Rabobank) won Stage 20 when he attacked Tony Martin (Columbia) about 40 seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group. They were the last two survivors of a 16-man breakaway that at one point had 10 minutes on the peloton.

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 There is no drafting, team tactics or breaking away at the Tour de France individual time trial. The bicycle racers win or lose on their own. Lance Armstrong -- Finished 16th on the stage but moved up to 3rd overall in the General Classification. He finished 1:30 behind Contador, but ahead...

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 Gene Bisbee Armstrong was in front of the leader's group at the base of the Category 1 climb to Verbier, but could only watch as first Contador, then the Schleck brothers, Carlos Sastre, Bradley Wiggins, and others rode away. Armstrong finished in 9th place on the stage ....

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 Richard Williams The bigger names risked nothing. Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong, second and third in the general classification, again sat in their familiar positions just behind the front of the peloton for most of the day, with Rinaldo Nocentini, the Italian who will now wear the yellow jersey f...

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 Gene Bisbee Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini jumped 32 places on Stage 7 to take over the yellow jersey at the Tour de France on Friday. Throw in Levi Leipheimer in 4th place, at 39 seconds out of first, and you have an Astana bottleneck high in the General Classification ....

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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By Gene Bisbee Aussie Cadel Evans won the opening time trial of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in France. The second-place finisher of the Tour de France the past two years beat 2008 Tour winner Alberto Contador by 8 seconds in the 7.5 mile individual time trial around the streets of Nancy.

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 ...

By editor In Beijing, where Britain’s track supremos spectacularly won seven of the 10 golds at the velodrome, Cancellara won Olympic time trial gold and took bronze in the road race won by Spaniard Samuel Sanchez. Despite his early season form, Valverde - who in June won the tough Dauphine Libere s...

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

 CO - Aug 30, 2008 Now the defending Tour de France champion was under the spotlight in what’s being hyped as a duel with 2007 Tour champion and compatriot Contador. ...

 CO - Aug 29, 2008 After being snubbed for the Tour de France and managing to win the Giro d’Italia back in May with an eight-day notice, Contador has been able to preview the ...

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By cpelkey “If they don’t invite us I will focus on other objectives. I have a ‘plan B’ if the Tour doesn’t want me,” Contador told Spanish sports daily MARCA. “I’d like to race the Tour, but if they don’t let me do it, I will prepare for the Olympic Games, which has a difficult course and at least in the time t...

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.

By Tim Jackson- Masi Guy The Tour; the race will go on, as it likely should, though I am not sure how I feel about it. Yes, I looked at the results today and saw that Contador started the day in his white jersey for best young rider before finishing the stage and receiving his first yellow jersey. I was glad that Bennati wo...