Alberto Contador

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Nibali: "I was ready for a big duel with Contador in the mountains. It's a pity the Tour has lost two big protagonists"

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Contador's frame broke on the roof of his team car, not on the road

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"I was just trying to hang on," van Garderen said. "When he (Nibali) went, I knew that if I tried to go, I would probably blow up"

The Tinkoff-Saxo captain goes down hard, but resumes racing, only to abandon a few kilometers further along, leaving the race wide open

The stage is set for an epic showdown between Nibali and Contador, the most experienced, wily, and headstrong riders in the Tour de France

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Alberto Contador says the real Tour de France has begun, and he promises to continue his attacks on race leader Vincenzo Nibali

Richie Porte made his way into third overall Saturday, with a persevering ride in the Vosges. What's up next for the new captain?

Alberto Contador and his Tinkoff-Saxo bank attacked to reshuffle the GC deck in the first of three hard days across the soggy Vosges

As Kadri takes the stage and the climber's jersey, Contador and Nibali test each other a bit, with the Spaniard clawing back a few seconds

After blitzing the cobblestones, the Tour's yellow jersey needs to look no further for attacks than the climbing stages looming in the Vosges Mountains

Alberto Contador lost considerable time on stage 5 in the battle for the GC at the Tour de France, while Alejandro Valverde fared slightly better

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Tour de France favorites Vincenzo Nibali, Chris Froome, and Alberto Contador admit the hectic nature of racing in Britain has rattled their nerves

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The GC favorites got their first glimpse at what awaits them in a harrowing first week of the Tour de France in Saturday's hilly first stage

Alberto Contador says he has the form, the team and the confidence to take on Chris Froome in the mountains of the 2014 Tour de France

After his worst pro season since his rookie year in 2003, a humiliated Contador went back to the drawing board

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Andrew Talansky’s exciting Critérium du Dauphiné win sets up an epic showdown in France next month, writes Andrew Hood

The Garmin-Sharp rider makes it into an early break, drives it to the finish, and while he misses the podium on the day, wins the overall

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Contador attacks in the final 2km to snatch the lead from Froome with one stage remaining as Westra overhauls two Katushas to win the stage

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Nibali is trailing Chris Froome by nearly a minute at the Critérium du Dauphiné, the pair's final Tour tuneup race

Chris Froome stays in yellow and holds a 12-second advantage over Alberto Contador and Wilco Kelderman

The Russian navigates the fast, twisty descent into Gap to earn the stage win for Katusha

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Alberto Contador weighs in on the importance of the Dauphiné, Chris Froome, and the Tour de France

Alberto Contador matched Chris Froome’s every move in Monday’s Dauphiné stage 2, but Froome won the stage — and padded his race lead

Contador seems the primary challenger to Froome as the two square off at the Dauphiné, final proving ground for the 2014 Tour de France

The top favorites for the Tour de France will square off for the first time all season at the Dauphiné across the French Alps

With an unlimited budget, Tinkoff-Saxo’s owner says he will sign a handful of “stars” to further bolster his squad for 2015

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Chris Froome secures his second straight Tour de Romandie victory with a win in the finishing time trial

Spaniard previews stage 5 of the Tour de France and says the stones deserve respect

Alberto Contador is skipping the Ardennes classics, but he will be in France on Monday to inspect the cobblestones featured in this year's Tour de France

Contador finishes second in the final time trial behind world champion Martin as Valverde plummets off the podium

Spaniard outdoes countryman Alejandro Valverde on day 1 of the Basque tour

The two riders are expected to contend for the overall win at the five-stage race that started Monday in Spain

The Tinkoff-Saxo team boss says Contador is riding better now than he was during his 2012 Vuelta win

Chris Froome and Alberto Contador will clash for the first time this season during this week's mountainous Volta a Catalunya in Spain

Andriano Malori beats the world's top time trialists to claim victory in the final stage around San Benedetto del Tronto

The Spaniard did things differently over the winter, which included focusing more on his fitness and less on media and sponsor obligations

The Omega-Pharma Quick Step rider finishes ahead of teammate Alessandro Petacchi and Cannondale's Peter Sagan

The American nearly holds off Alberto Contador on the 30 percent finishing climb in stage 5

Alberto Contador attacked 32km from the finish of stage 5 at Tirreno-Adriatico and was able to hold on for the win and the GC lead

Alberto Contador nabbed his first WorldTour victory in more than a year Saturday at Tirreno-Adriatico, a sign he is back to form

Alberto Contador wins Tirreno stage 4 summit finish ahead of Quintana, Porte, Kwiatkowski, Urán and others

The absence of Chris Froome makes for a more unpredictable GC in Italy

La Gazzetta dello Sport claims the move could also bring Cannondale bicycles to the squad

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Several leg-breaking climbs are on the schedule, including three Cat. 1s and a Cat. 2 on the final day

After a stellar 2013 Vuelta the son of Stephen Roche will be a team leader as the Giro starts in Ireland, then work for Contador in France

The Spaniard, who had not won in more than a year, says his hard training is paying off

The Tour de France champion is making his season racing debut in Oman, but he does so with less pressure than last season. So he says

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) will make his season debut at Volta ao Algarve

The Spaniard says he will challenge Chris Froome at the Tour de France

Five-time grand tour winner aims for a double in 2014, with Nicolas Roche targeting the Giro d'Italia

The 2014 Vuelta will start with a team time trial, end with an individual race against the clock, and feature eight mountain finishes in between

Reports show the route for this year's race offers something for everyone in the field

Oleg Tinkov says his comments about Alberto Contador after the Tour de France were meant to provoke, not criticize

Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov now owns Contador's team — how long will the partnership last?

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Once dominated by a series of powerful, charismatic athletes, pro cycling has in recent years been producing one-off grand tour winners

Contador's season includes a later start, at the Volta ao Algarve, and will skip the pollen-rich Ardennes

The Russian businessman tells VeloNews he will hold a press conference on Monday to address his potential ownership of a ProTeam

The Spaniard is targeting the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana next season

The inclusion of cobblestones during a Tour de France stage next summer could potentially blow apart the GC leadership

The favorites have weighed in on the 2014 Tour route and Andrew Hood digs into the race's 21 stages

The Spaniard is offered a roster spot for 2014 but turns it down