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Contador dethroned: Irish cyclist breaks Everesting record by 20 minutes
The Everesting record recently set by Alberto Contador has just been toppled by Irish cyclist Ronan McLaughlin. McLaughlin’s time of 7:04...

Alberto Contador breaks Everesting record with time of 7:27:20
Seven-time Grand Tour winner, Alberto Contador, has set a new Everesting record in a time of 7 hours, 27 minutes and 20 seconds. The reco...

Contador sheds light on intra-team tension with Armstrong at 2009 Tour
A little over a decade on from the race, Alberto Contador has offered his side of the story of his intra-team clash with Lance Armstrong ...

Alberto Contador parts ways with Trek, teases own brand with Ivan Basso
With the turn of the new year, Alberto Contador has taken to social media to tease the launch of his own bike brand. The news spells the ...

These are the moments that defined cycling in the 2010s
In a couple of weeks it’s not just a year that’ll come to an end, but an entire decade. And whilst we’ve catalogued the products and cont...

Photo gallery: A look back at the entertaining career of Alberto Contador
It's less than a fortnight now until the Giro della Donna and we can't wait. Not just because the riding is going to be great -- the 55km...

Alberto Contador to ride the Giro della Donna
CyclingTips is excited to announce that Alberto Contador, multiple-time winner of all three Grand Tours, will be the ambassador for the 2...

Passing the fire: Contador, Basso come together at Polartec development team
A heavy crowd gathered round, with iPhones at the ready to catch the moment. El Pistolero, dressed in a cowboy hat with a gun holstered t...

Photo gallery: The entertaining and controversial career of Alberto Contador
As the 2017 Vuelta a España came to a close last weekend, so too did the career of Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo). Regarded as one of ...

Storybook ending: Contador goes out on top, wins final summit finish of his career
In the end, it was almost as if it was scripted. In his final Grand Tour, on the final summit finish, at the end of a season that had see...

Contador on retirement: ‘I’ll gain weight, you’ll make jokes about it’
Alberto Contador is coming to terms with the rapidly-approaching end to his career, saying that the realization that he will soon no long...

Froome in command at Vuelta as Contador weighs between GC fight and stage win
Three riders at this year’s Vuelta a España are Tour de France winners. Two of them have previously won the Vuelta, while the other is po...