Alberto Contador
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Alberto Contador has thrown down the gauntlet to Chris Froome by insisting he is no longer intimidated by his great rival
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The Tinkoff-Saxo manager, Bjarne Riis, revealed Alberto Contador’s aim of winning both Giro and Tour in 2015
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His idol was the tainted Marco Pantani, and two of his Astana team-mates have been banned for doping, but the Tour de France champion Vincenzo Nibali tells Donald McRae only fools are still taking drugs in cycling
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Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador will be excited by a race that suits climbers, but Chris Froome might not complete at all
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Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana could chase a €1m prize if they compete in all three Grand Tours next season
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Alberto Contador wrapped up his third Vuelta a España triumph when he comfortably held on to his overall lead in the 21st and final stage time trial in a rain-soaked Santiago de Compostela on Sunday .
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Alberto Contador won the penultimate stage of the Vuelta a España at the summit of the Ancares, 16 seconds ahead of Chris Froome
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Australia’s Adam Hansen was rewarded for his late break with a rare Grand Tour victory on stage 19 of the Vuelta a España
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Fabio Aru of Italy won the 18th stage of the Vuelta a España while Alberto Contador kept the leader’s red jersey with three stages remaining
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Alberto Contador’s lead in the Vuelta a España remains 1min 36sec after John Degenkolb claimed his fourth stage win of this year’s event
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Ivan Rovny and Gianluca Brambilla came to blows on the Vuelta a España but Alberto Contador extended his overall lead
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Daniel Navarro was rewarded for his daring late dart with victory on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España on Friday
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The pre-race favourite Nairo Quintana crashed out of the Vuelta a España with a broken shoulder after he was caught in an early accident on the 11th stage
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Alberto Contador stormed into the leader’s red jersery in the Vuelta a España after Nairo Quintana crashed and Chris Froome lost more time in stage 10
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Alejandro Valverde sprinted away from an exhausted peloton to win the sixth stage and take the overall lead in the Vuelta a España
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Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and Nairo Quintana head the strongest field of any of the major Tours this year in the Vuelta, even with the champion Chris Horner absent
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Alberto Contador will ride the Vuelta a España after all, having recovered from the injury which ended his Tour de France challenge
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The UCI president, Brian Cookson, has called upon Alexandr Vinokourov and Bjarne Riis, the heads of the two most prominent teams in this year’s Tour de France, to testify before the independent commission on cycling’s doping history
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The departure of Alberto Contador from the Tour de France through injury leaves the way clear for Vincenzo Nibali to dominate
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France’s Blel Kadri completed a solo breakaway to take Saturday’s stage of the Tour de France, while Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey
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A momentous day for the GC riders saw Nibali display a hitherto untested talent for the cobblestones, while Contador displayed the opposite – losing minutes to the Italian
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By Sunday night Alberto Contador will have learnt whether his decision to avoid looking over the Tour de France stage into Sheffield was a wise one or not
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The Tour de France champion tells Donald McRae he is ready to defend his title but knows some people cannot forgive
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Last year’s winner Chris Froome will face stiff competition from Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and France’s Thibaut Pinot
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Detailed stats for every rider in the 2014 Tour de France, including Team Sky's Chris Froome, Tinkoff-Saxo's Alberto Contador, Astana's Vincenzo Nibali and world champion Lampre-Merida rider Rui Costa
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Stats and historical race results for 2007 and 2009 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador
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Alberto Contador goes into the Tour de France on a fine run of form and the Spaniard has been building up to take a real shot at Chris Froome
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Britain’s Chris Froome will find it tough to defend his Tour de France crown, with Alberto Contador providing stiff competition
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Chris Froome is likely to be pushed all the way by Alberto Contador but French hopes are unlikely to be realised by their riders
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The American cyclist Andrew Talansky won the Critérium du Dauphiné ahead of Alberto Contador as Chris Froome finished 12th after a difficult last two stages
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While Lieuwe Westra of the Netherlands won stage seven in Finhaut-Emosson, Alberto Contador takes an eight-second advantage over Team Sky’s Chris Froome into the final day
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Chris Froome beat Alberto Contador in the second stage of the Dauphiné Libéré to show he is in dominant form for the Tour de France
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British rider Mark Cavendish took advantage of a crash to easily win the sixth and penultimate stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race on Monday, as Alberto Contador maintained his overall lead
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Northern European nations lead way with multi-bike fast lanes, while few bike journeys are made in Italy, UK and Spain
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Chris Froome maintained his lead with two stages left, leaving Alberto Contador and company to contest the minor prizes