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Alberto Contador
CYCLIST
1982 - Today
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto kontaˈðoɾ βeˈlasko]; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice (2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the Vuelta a España three times (2008, 2012, 2014). He is one of only seven riders to have won all three Grand Tours of cycling, and one of only two riders to have won all three more than once. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alberto Contador has received more than 1,820,887 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Alberto Contador is the 59th most popular cyclist (up from 63rd in 2019), the 991st most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,072nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Cyclist.
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Alberto Contador
Spanish professional cyclist
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Contador and the second or maternal family name is Velasco.
Contador at the 2015 Tour de France
Full name Alberto Contador Velasco Nickname El Pistolero Born (1982-12-06) 6 December 1982 (age 42)
Pinto, Madrid, SpainHeight 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)[1] Current team Retired Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type All-rounder 2003–2006 ONCE–Eroski 2007 Discovery Channel 2008–2010 Astana 2011–2016 Saxo Bank–SunGard 2017 Trek–Segafredo Grand Tours - Tour de France
- General classification (2007, 2009)
- Young rider classification (2007)
- 3 individual stages (2007, 2009)
- Giro d'Italia
- General classification (2008, 2015)
- Vuelta a España
- General classification (2008, 2012, 2014)
- Combination classification (2008, 2014)
- 7 individual stages (2008, 2012, 2014, 2017)
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Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador has faced doping allegations more than once in his career, many of the allegations connected to the Operacion Puerto case that occurred early in his career. He and his teammates were barred from competing temporarily, though all charges later were cleared by both the courts and the UCI.
The most serious allegations against Contador arose in September 2010, when he revealed that he failed a drug test at the 2010 Tour de France. The World Anti-Doping Agency lab in Germany found a "very small concentration" of a banned substance, clenbuterol, in his urine sample at the Tour. The UCI issued a statement that the level of the substance in his blood was 400 times less than what the anti-doping agencies must be able to detect and that they would further investigate the result.
Contador blamed food contamination from a piece of bad meat that had been brought from Spain during the team's rest day. Experts said Contador's reasoning makes sense, as clenbuterol is given to livestock to increase their growth rate.
Contador was provisionally suspended after
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