Alberto Contador is confident he has the backing of Astana teammate Lance Armstrong in his quest to retain the yellow jersey until the end of the Tour de France. The Spaniard produced a devastating ...

Alberto Contador is a Spanish professional cyclist who has won the Tour de France three times. Contador won the Tour de France in 2007 (with the Discovery Channel team), 2009 and 2010 (with the Astana ...

The blows seem to just keep coming at the Tour de France: Another star rider has crashed out. Spain's Alberto Contador, a two-time winner of the Tour, was forced to abandon after crashing hard on the ...

Alberto Contador, ruthlessly tracking Chris Froome all the way up the final climb and then going for the jugular right at the end, effectively clinched the Vuelta a España on the Ancares summit after ...

Alberto Contador has announced he will retire from professional cycling following the Vuelta a Espana. The 34-year-old Spaniard, one of only six riders to have won the Tour de France, Vuelta and Giro ...

A biking challenge known as “Everesting” — hill repeats equal in distance to the climb up the mountain — is catching on, with records rapidly falling. By Alec Jacobson Most of cycling's races have ...

It was red meat for the skeptics. In a news conference near his home in Madrid, the world’s No. 1 cyclist, Alberto Contador, blamed contaminated beef for the positive drug test that could cost him his ...

Alberto Contador was stripped of the 2010 Tour de France title and handed a two-year competition ban for his positive test for the banned performance-enhancing drug clenbuterol, the Swiss-based Court ...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the three-time Tour champion after rejecting his claim that his positive test for clenbuterol was caused by eating contaminated meat on a 2010 Tour rest ...

Alberto Contador survived untimely crashes, a dislocated shoulder and a daring late challenge from young home hope Fabio Aru to claim victory in the Giro d’Italia Sunday. The Spaniard finished safely ...