Alberto Contador

Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond backs Alberto Contador's Giro-Tour double, but says it will be harder than when he rode them in the eighties.

By Stuart Clarke Published 14 February 15

Alberto Contador says that the competition in the Vuelta a España motivates him to achieve his fourth success in the race.

By Chris Marshall-Bell Published 18 August 16

Alberto Contador says it is is unlikely he'll have gained condition in time to be competitive in the Olympic road race in Rio

By Richard Windsor Published 12 July 16

Based on their performance at the Criterium du Dauphine so far, Chris Froome and Alberto Contador will be the men to beat at the Tour de France

By Gregor Brown Published 11 June 14

By Stuart Clarke Published 2 June 15

Gianluca Brambilla took the stage honours, but Nairo Quintana was the big winner as he put a huge amount of time into Chris Froome

By Jack Elton-Walters Published 4 September 16

Yorkshireman Ben Swift (Team Sky) takes uphill sprint on stage five of Tour of the Basque country to continue his rich vein of form

By Richard Abraham Published 12 April 14

Defending Tour of the Basque Country champion Alberto Contador was caught up in a crash with 700 metres to go in the 2017 race's opening stage

By Nigel Wynn Published 4 April 17

Tinkoff-Saxo sports director Steven De Jongh concedes that it's highly unlikely that Alberto Contador can beat Chris Froome in the 2015 Tour de France

By Gregor Brown Published 17 July 15

Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis and team leader Alberto Contador gave a less-than-convincing performance at their pre-Tour press conference

By Edward Pickering Published 30 June 11

Roglic takes it in style, Kittel breaks, Contador gives it one last throw of the dice and more talking points from stage 17 of the Tour de France

By Craig Cunningham Published 19 July 17

Chris Froome attempts to put time into Alberto Contador in mountain finale, but Contador is too strong

By Nigel Wynn Published 13 September 14

Chris Froome says he and Alberto Contador talked to each other on stage two of the Tour de France to ensure they capitalised on being ahead of their rivals

By Gregor Brown Published 5 July 15

The director of the Giro d'Italia says the race has to avoid a situation where a potential winner races under a cloud of a UCI investigation

By Gregor Brown Published 14 December 17

Vuelta a Espana leader Alberto Contador says that the World Championships course in Ponferrada does not suit him

By Gregor Brown Published 10 September 14

Vasil Kiryienka wins the 2015 Giro d'Italia time trial stage as Sky leader Richie Porte loses further time to his rivals

By Nigel Wynn Published 23 May 15

Alberto Contador's overall ambitions are the focus of Tinkoff-Saxo, but the team says Peter Sagan will get the chance to go for stage wins

By Stuart Clarke Published 29 June 15

Ivan Basso says that the "best active Grand Tour rider" Alberto Contador can beat Chris Froome in the July's Tour de France

By Chris Marshall-Bell Published 14 February 17

Gilbert went alone from a breakaway group on stage 18 to secure his second win of the 2015 Giro d'Italia, as race leader Contador improved his lead over Mikel Landa

By Richard Windsor Published 28 May 15

Alberto Contador stamps his mark on Tirreno-Adriatico, taking his second consecutive stage win and the race lead

By Stephen Puddicombe Published 16 March 14

Footage of Russian WorldTour team Tinkoff-Saxo's adventurous team-building exercise on Mount Kilimanjaro

By Nigel Wynn Published 12 November 14

Katusha's Ilnur Zakarin wins stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia by 53 seconds over his breakaway compatriots - Alberto Contador remains in pink

By Stuart Clarke Published 20 May 15

Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has reportedly announced that he will retire after the 2016 season

By Stuart Clarke Published 16 February 15

They say that their new bike is better than those they rode as pros

By Paul Norman Published 29 September 20

Alberto Contador says it's ridiculous that anyone would think he would use a motorised bike after a French journalist accused him of doing so

By Stuart Clarke Published 3 June 15

Tinkoff-Saxo manager Bjarne Riis says Alberto Contador was nervous when faced with wet cobbles, losing time to rival Vincenzo Nibali

By Gregor Brown Published 11 July 14

Alberto Contador comes out on top as the GC men battle their way through the prologue of the 2016 Critérium du Dauphiné

By Jack Elton-Walters Published 5 June 16