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Alberto Contador of Astana Building Form As Slipstream Pull On Pink
by Jean Montois
PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alberto Contador admitted he will be looking to finetune his form in the coming weeks if he is to become a real contender for the Giro d’Italia crown.
Contador was among the pre-race favourites for the Giro’s [...]
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- Cycling: Tour of Murcia results
March 7th, 2008MADRID, March 7, 2008 (AFP) - Tour of Murcia results here on Thursday after
the fourth stage, a 23.1km time-trial between Alhama and Aledo:
Stage
1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d’Epargne 33:32, 2. Stefano Garzelli
(ITA) at 02, 3. Alberto Contador (ESP) 06, 4. Branislau Samoilau (BLR) 07, 5.
Inigo Cuesta (ESP) 09.
Overall
1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 13hr 23min 11sec, 2. [...] - Birthday Boy Ruben Plaza of Benfica Wins In Valencia
March 1st, 2008Birthday boy Plaza wins in Valencia
MADRID, March 1, 2008 (AFP) - Ruben Plaza, riding with the Benfica team, won the Tour of the Valencia Community on Saturday to celebrate his birthday in style.
Plaza, who turned 28 on Friday, triumphed on home ground after the fifth and final stage, a 149.km ride around [...] - Operation Puerto affair reopened
February 14th, 2008MADRID, Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) - The Operation Puerto blood-doping affair
involving about 60 cyclists and which erupted in May 2006, has been reopened,
Madrid prosecutors’ said on Thursday.
A raid on the Madrid laboratory of Dr Eufemiano Fuentes uncovered doping products, bags of blood and codenames which appeared to link top athletes to a highly-organised system of [...] - Kloeden furious at Astana’s Tour rejection
February 14th, 2008Kloeden furious at Astana’s Tour rejection
by Ryland James
BERLIN, Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) - German cyclist Andreas Kloeden has reacted angrily to the news his Astana team - including reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador - have been barred from competing in this year’srace.
On Wednesday, Astana were officially barred from the [...] - Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer of Astana kicked out of Tour de France
February 13th, 2008Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer Astana kicked out of Tour de France
PARIS, Feb 13, 2008 (AFP) - The Astana team of reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador have been barred from competing in this year’s race as a result of doping scandals over the past two years, organisers confirmed on Wednesday.
ASO (Amaury [...] - Tour de France Winner Alberto Contador May Not Be Guaranteed 2008 Start
February 1st, 2008Tour de France winner Alberto Contador not guaranteed 2008 place
Feb 1, 2008 (AFP) - Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who has signed for the disgraced Astana team, will not be a guaranteed a starting place in the 2008 race.
Patrice Clerc, the president of Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) [...]
