Alberto Contador
Professional Road Racing Cyclist, Cyclist
1982 –
Who is Alberto Contador?
Alberto Contador Velasco is a Spanish professional cyclist, one of six riders to have won all three Grand Tours of road cycling. He was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France with the Discovery Channel team. With the Astana team he has won the 2008 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Vuelta a España and the 2009 Tour de France. He initially also won the 2010 Tour de France with this team, and the 2011 Giro d'Italia with team Saxo Bank-SunGard, only to be stripped of these titles later having been found guilty of a doping offence. Following his return from a suspension, he won the 2012 Vuelta a España and the 2014 Vuelta a España. Notable summit stage finishes on which he has victories include the Alto de El Angliru in the Vuelta, the Plateau de Beille in the Tour and Mount Etna in the Giro. After being widely expected to lose his tenuous lead in the 2007 Tour de France in that race's final individual time trial, Contador has become a more accomplished time trialist, with several victories in the discipline. He has earned a reputation as an all-rounder, a cyclist who excels in all aspects of stage racing which are needed for high places in the general classification.
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- Born
- Dec 6, 1982
Pinto, Madrid - Also known as
- The Accountant
- Spouses
- Macarena Pescador
(2011/11/05 - )
- Macarena Pescador
- Ethnicity
- Castilian people
- Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
- Lived in
- Madrid
- Pinto, Madrid
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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