Alberto Contador

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The veteran Spaniard is currently taking some rest after a solid spring season that netted him three victories.

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Off to hot start so far this season, Alberto Contador says he's putting his retirement plans on hold

Alberto Contador powers to a TT victory and nabs the overall title in the final stage of the Tour of the Basque Country

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With Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador, and Chris Froome all at Volta a Catalunya, we have a clearer picture of how the top Tour riders compare.

De Gendt wins the day with a solo attack, while Quintana dispatches Contador with a blistering attack in the final kilometer of climbing.

This week's Volta a Catalunya boasts one of the most impressive start lists you'll see this year

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Geraint Thomas relied on guts, his teammates, and a 54-tooth chainring to win the overall title at Paris-Nice on Sunday.

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Tinkoff sport director Sean Yates says TV motos helped pace Geraint Thomas in the final stage of Paris-Nice

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Porte, Thomas, and Bardet will be gunning for early season wins, but it's likely that Alberto Contador will win the "Race to the sun."

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Alberto Contador won his first major stage race in Paris-Nice 2007, and he'll use it again this year as Tour de France prep.

Van Garderen, Talansky, Valverde, Contador, and Nibali are all queuing up to race Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.

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Nairo Quintana believes a Tour de France win is attainable — though he isn't underestimating Chris Froome and the formidable Sky squad.

Alberto Contador takes the Volta ao Algarve's final stage, while Geraint Thomas repeats as the overall winner

Alberto Contador nabs the final stage of the Volta ao Algarve as Geraint Thomas wraps up the overall title

Alberto Contador gradually builds form into the 2016 season. This is at the expense of results in Algarve, but he says he's improving day by day.

With a narrow focus on July's Tour de France, Alberto Contador is unconcerned that his form is slow to come around at Volta ao Algarve.

If Alberto Contador starts his own team in 2017, it will be WorldTour, and that means he needs a lot of money — 20 million euros.

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Alberto Contador hints that he may choose to form his own WorldTour team to carry on racing after 2016.

With talk of his impending retirement, Alberto Contador wants to go out on a high note, Tinkoff sport director Sean Yates says.

Though the Tour and the Rio Olympics are his main targets for 2016, Contador isn't ruling out a Vuelta start just yet

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The Tinkoff squad is in the midst of a training camp on the island of Gran Canaria ahead of the 2016 season.

Alberto Contador is fully focused on targeting the Tour and Olympics, leaving it unlikely that he'll race the Vuelta in final season.

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Alberto Contador's swansong season will include Paris-Nice and a single-minded focus on winning the Tour one final time.

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Many say Froome is a lock to win his third Tour in 2016, but Contador may actually be more likely to earn a third yellow jersey of his own.

The two-time Tour de France champion says the 2016 course, which was unveiled Tuesday, favors his "all-round" racing style.

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The two-time Giro d'Italia champion will not race next year's Italian grand tour, opting instead to prepare for the Tour de France.

Giro d'Italia organizers unveiled the 2016 route Monday, and they're hoping the diverse stage lineup will attract top riders.

After bypassing Richmond, Alberto Contador has reconfirmed that the 2016 season will likely be his last, with targets of the Tour and Rio.

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With Contador, Valverde, and Rodríguez near the end of their careers, Mikel Landa could be the next Spanish rider to carry the torch.

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Global Cycling Network gets a close look at Alberto Contador's race bike, which has custom paint and other special details.

With two grand tours' worth of racing in his legs this year, Alberto Contador is calling it a season

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Chris Froome was the big winner after taking the yellow and polka-dot jerseys, while several riders came up short of goals

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After a dismal day in the saddle on Thursday, two-time champion Alberto Contador says he is not optimistic for Tour's final stages.

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Alberto Contador's stage 17 was a day to forget as the Giro d'Italia champion lost over two minutes due to a late-race crash.

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Stage 17, the first day of Alpine racing, delivers drama: Van Garderen abandons; Quintana attacks, Contador crashes, and more.

Race organizer ASO assigns hotels to each team near the finish of each day's stage

Froome is in the driver's seat with just four days of hard racing across the Alps; here's what his rivals can do to beat him

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Alberto Contador may have started the Tour on the back foot after a difficult Giro, but he says he'll keep fighting in the Alps this week.

An variety of nicknames — some humorous — are spread throughout the colorful Tour de France peloton

The race leader had a rough ride into Gap in 2013, and he's hoping that history doesn't repeat itself this year

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Nairo Quintana vows to keep attacking Chris Froome until the bitter end, the final day of the Alps on the Tour's penultimate day.

Questions surrounding Chris Froome and whether or not he's racing clean have dominated the race in recent days

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Contador will have to draw on all of his tactical know-how to overcome Froome's lead, but the yellow jersey is wise to the dangers ahead.

Can top GC riders from Spain collaborate for mutual gain at the expense of Froome's GC lead? It will play out in the mountains.

Andrew Hood takes a look at what's worth remembering, and forgetting, at the Tour through the opening nine stages

The Tour de France enters the mountains this week, so Andrew Hood breaks down the race favorites before the road turns upward

Tinkoff-Saxo is sticking to its plan to protect Contador at the expense of Sagan's quest for a fourth green jersey, for now, at least

A close look at the daily driver Contador will use to race for the yellow jersey in his quest for a Giro-Tour double this season.

Tour de France cobbles result in a stalemate among GC contenders as Nibali, Froome, Contador, and Quintana escape mishaps in stage 4

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