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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
With Alberto Contador expected to make a decision on where he will ride in 2010 within the next fortnight, Quick Step manager Patrick Lefevere has denied reports that his Belgian team have made a contract offer to the rider worth up to 20 million euro. Italian newspaper La Gazzetta Dello Sport had reported that Quick Step had presented Contador's representatives with a four-year contract worth 5 million...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alberto Contador has not received an offer for some eight million euro a year from Team Astana, according to his brother and manager, Fran. "It's totally false, I do not know where it came from or who was interested in spreading this," he told AS . Fran Contador said that the amount under discussion was “not even half that amount” and that the talks concerned only the one year...
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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The tug-of-war for the services of Alberto Contador seems to be finally nearing a conclusion. According to reports in the European media, the two-time Tour de France champion is looking more likely to stay with Astana. Whether that’s for one more season to fulfill his existing contract — or for a new, mega-contract worth a reported $12 million per season — remains to be seen. The...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Alberto Contador has reportedly been offered a new contract by Astana worth up to eight million Euros per season, on the condition that the two-time Tour de France winner remain with the team for a further four years. Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reports that the Kazakh team made the offer to Contador's brother and agent, Fran Contador, over the weekend. It comes as the Spanish rider seeks to...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck have signalled each other as the favourite for the overall title at the 2010 Tour de France. The winner and runner-up in this year's edition of the Tour paid due respect to one another as they outlined their impressions of the route for next year's Tour in an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf , published on Saturday. Contador finished 4:11 ahead of Schleck...
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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
It's one of the most mythical accomplishments in all of cycling: the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double. Many have attempted it, but few have been so lucky to accomplish it in the modern era of cycling. The last to succeed, a drug-riddled Marco Pantani, did so behind unbelievable climbing in the high mountains and solid time trialing. Since Pantani, only one rider has even claimed he'd like to attempt...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The 8th Amstel Curaçao Race will take place November 7 on the island of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles, attracting several of the European peloton's stars to the Caribbean for their final competition of the 2009 season. Highlighting the start list of the 80-kilometre race will be two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana), a winner of the Amstel Curaçao Race...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Alberto Contador may yet opt to stay with the Astana team for one more year but, if he does leave, Caisse d’Epargne are one of the teams most likely to secure his signature. Their current top rider Alejandro Valverde has made it clear that his compatriot would be welcome, even if that would impact on his own Tour de France goals. “As I have said in the past, it would really be great if...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Kazakh Fed President Nikolai Proskurin: “We have absolutely no problems with Alberto Contador, and he will compete with Astana next season... The issue is simply that we need to provide additional documents because we have changed our sponsors.” Translation: Astana have declared Contador's contract valid and binding. Whether anyone else agrees is another matter, but Contador himself is...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will remain with the Astana team at least until his contract expires at the end of next year, an official with the Kazakh Cycling Federation said Thursday.
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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Michael Rasmussen was on the precipice of greatness two years ago at the Tour de France before being unceremoniously booted from the race by his own team for lying about his whereabouts on a UCI form. A year later, Italian Riccardo Ricco was found positive for EPO CERA, and was likewise booted from the Tour. Both riders will return to cycling in 2010, presumably without the assistance of drugs. Whether...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Attached is a poll to determine the Podium Cafe 2009 Rider of the Year. Barring a catastrophic outcome, the poll results will determine the winner. Poll compiled based on your submissions . Vote ends Friday at noon Pacific. Poll Who is the 2009 Rider of the Year? Cadel Evans Alberto Contador Fabian Cancellara Mark Cavendish Thor Hushovd Edvald Boasson Hagen Philippe Gilbert Heinrich Haussler Andy Schleck...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Cyclingnews and Biciclismo report today that Johan Bruyeel has spoken with Belgian magazine Humo, including commentary about situations at the 2009 Tour. Biciclismo has published some of Bruyneel's comments that credit him with saying that there was always tension between himself and Contador, and that he doesn’t know why. He also is quoted as saying that Contador’s biggest problem last...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Team RadioShack general manager Johan Bruyneel has reflected on a manic season at Astana, the experiened Belgian not mincing his words on a number of topics, including the Kazakh squad and his former star rider, Alberto Contador The man who guided Lance Armstrong, and more recently, Contador, to their Tour de France wins, opened up to Belgian lifestyle magazine Humo at home in Spain, talking about...
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chesna91iwh | 08/25/2009
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phoebej2fus | 08/25/2009
MADRID – Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong are sniping again after a fragile truce during the Tour de France. Contador, who secured his second Tour win on Sunday in Paris, said he had no admiration for the American as a person and tensions between the two had a negative effect on the Astana team. Armstrong, the seven-time champion who finished third in his first Tour since 2005, responded that Contador...
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