http://www.albertocontador.comNews, Chronicles and Press Updates from Alberto Contadoren-us40The Outside Online exclusive interview with embattled three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=210http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=210The route of the 2012 Tour de France has been officially presented in Paris today. The parcours, which had been mistakenly published by race organiser ASO one week ago, has been confirmed and detailed. The 99th Tour de France has been elaborated to include two long time trials and 'only' three summit finishes, so next year's winner will have to be an even more complete rider than in previous years.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=209http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=209Alberto Contador was the big star in the presentation of the 2012 Giro d'Italia, that attended today with the manager of Team Saxo Bank-Sungard, Bjarne Riis. Alberto, last winner of the 'corsa rosa', attended the event along with a large group of riders among which were his top rivals in the last edition, Scarponi and Nibali. They could see that the 2012 edition will feature a race to be more human, less kilometers of transfers but also a decisive mountain on which stands the impressive stage with final atop the Stelvio after pass the Mortirolo. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=207http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=207World's top stage racer talks about his upcoming court date for his doping positive, Lance Armstrong as idol and rival, and winning another Tour de France. ByJames Startt Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=204http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=204Remember that Seinfeld episode where Elaine tested positive for opium because she had eaten a poppy seed muffin? Like most Seinfeld episodes, it was hilarious. But real life situations like that are anything but laughing matters, and one is happening now. It's every bit as outrageous as the Seinfeld episode, except it's not remotely funny. And those advancing the absurdity have sparked a war in the already wild world of professional cycling.Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=202http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=202Alberto Contador's lawyer, Andy Ramos, has admitted that he has no idea whether the UCI will challenge the verdict of the competitions committee of the Spanish federation to decide against imposing a ban on the three-time Tour de France champion. But Ramos added that if the case does go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), everyone in the Contador camp is confident that the decision reached by the Spanish federation will be upheld. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=200http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=200Today is a sad day, truly sad for me. It's a day in which I feel greatly disappointed and greatly deceived. As you know, two days ago I received a draft resolution for a one-year sanction from the Competition Committee. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=191http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=191World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president, Australian John Fahey, suddenly has the erruption of a contentious issue on his hands. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=189http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=189The case of Alberto Contador has raised an alarm among Spain's professional athletes, who have formally requested of the country's anti-doping agency director Javier Martín del Burgos, a battery of assurances each time they compete outside Europe, since they consider themselves unprotected against the possible poisoning of food with clenbuterol. Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=184http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=184This is the official press release from Saxo Bank-Sungard anouncing next building camp in Playitas (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands) Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=180http://www.albertocontador.com/noticias.detalle.php?id=180Alberto Contador got win number two today at the Tour de San Luis by prevailing atop the Mirador del Sol in Stage 5. Contador proved to be the strongest on the extremely tough ascent to the queen stage summit finish, and wound up leader of the King of the Mountains classification as well. "I'm very happy. If they'd told me at the beginning of the race that I was going to win two stages, I wouldn't have believed it." Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=693http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=693 Alberto Contador managed a win today on the Mirador de Potrero, the first summit finish of the Tour de San Luis, where he sprinted with his ex-teammate Levi Leipheimer to take the stage and the race leadership. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=692http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=692Alberto Contador is set to take part in the New Year when he will receive his own weight in honey at a ceremony in the small town of Peñalver (La Alcarria, Guadalajara, Spain), to the east of Madrid. The town's mayor, José Ángel Parra, has announced that Contador will receive the award in the town's central square on January 7. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=690http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=690Alberto Contador has made known his New Year's wishes: "I want you to see me stronger than ever," he has said in an interview given during the Saxo Bank building camp in Israel and published today in Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=688http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=688 Team Saxo Bank runs the last days of Israel concentration in various activities, including parachuting, an activity that Alberto Contador did today, as shown in the picture. On Sunday, members of the Saxo Bank will return home. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=686http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=686 Alberto Contador, that turns 29 today, received from President Shimon Peres, a gift that corresponded with a team jersey signed by all members. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=684http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=684MARCA (EFE) | Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador said today that he is fully focused on the upcoming training camp with his team, the Danish outfit Saxo Bank. The first training camp of the 2012 season begins this Wednesday in Israel. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=681http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=681Alberto Contador and Macarena Pescador were married on Saturday november 5, at 12 am in the Church of Santo Domingo de Silos, in Pinto (Madrid).Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=680http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=680 Alberto Contador attended the route presentation for the 2012 Tour de France today, referring to the next edition as having "a route that clearly favors the time-trialists. I'm in the middle, because it's true that there are other climbers who are worse than I am at defending against the clock." Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=674http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=674 Alberto Contador attended the route presentation for Giro d'Italia 2012 today in Milan, where he met Michele Scarponi and Vincenzo Nibali, his pals from the final podium of the last Giro, as well as other colleagues. "It's been an opportunity to meet up again with good friends," he said. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=672http://www.albertocontador.com/prensa.detalle.php?id=672Inaugural edition of the Marcha Cicloturista Alberto Contador will take place on June 11 in Pinto Wed, 11 May 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=22http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=22Alberto Contador could hardly believe that he was in the middle of the peloton until the first few kilometers of the Volta ao Algarve went by and the real race began, after the starting signal and the attacks by the day's fortune-hunters. But, to be sure, that's how it was. February 16, 2011, Alberto Contador was back. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=19http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=19The Tour de France is preparing to celebrate the centenary of the Pyrenees in style, with a fantastic duel at the sun between the two best climbers of the moment, Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=13http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=13Alberto Contador conducted a final training session in Pinto today before catching a plane to Rotterdam and the departure of Tour de France 2010, where he is unanimously considered the hands-down favorite.Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=10http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=10 Alberto Contador returns to competition on the occasion of the Dauphiné Libéré race, as in the previous two years, marks the beginning of the last and crucial stage of the Tour de France preparation. Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=8http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=8 Alberto Contador is beginning a long journey today in Burgos that will take him, after the Vuelta a Castilla y León, to the Ardennes classics, where he'll ride La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the last two dates in this first part of the calendar. As of April 25, and after doing reconnaissance of the pavé sections included in the next Tour de France, he hopes to take a short vacation. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0000http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=6http://www.albertocontador.com/cronicas.detalle.php?id=6