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Victory Number 2 in San Luis

albertocontadornotebook — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:43:04 +0000

Contador wins the queen stage on a beautiful day in Argentina

Highlights, Stage 5

Ouch! That’s one steep climb.

Post-stage press conference

Contador wins Stage 3 of the Tour de San Luis!

albertocontadornotebook — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:29:28 +0000

Extended highlights, Part 1

Extended highlights, Part 2

Climbing, the finish line and the podium

Glimpses

Winner’s press conference

Post-stage interview

Tour de San Luis 2012 presentation

albertocontadornotebook — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:58 +0000

Contador arrives in San Luis

albertocontadornotebook — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:13:39 +0000

Alberto Contador arrived in San Luis, Argentina, on Friday, January 20, ready to begin his 2012 season.

After landing in Buenos Aires, he was received by the chairman of Argentina’s Olympic Committee, Gerardo Werthein. Alberto then switched airports in order to travel to the interior of the country. Minister of Sport Celia Sánchez, as well as a knot of reporters and some enthusiastic fans – including a very young, chubby one! – welcomed him at the airport in San Luis.

Contador is in Argentina as the star attraction in the VI Tour de San Luis (January 23-29), the first race on his 2012 calendar. The seven-stage event includes two summit finishes and a individual time trial.

2012 Spanish National kit

albertocontadornotebook — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:03:38 +0000

The 2012 kit for the Spanish national teams was introduced in Barcelona on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. The chamipions’ outfit, by Inverse, is not the version that will be worn by the Olympic team in London.

Photo Gallery of Spanish National kit for men and women at the RFEC

Vuelta a España 2012 flyover

albertocontadornotebook — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:35:51 +0000

If you like mountains and the north of Spain – you do, don´t you? – you´re going to like the route for this year´s Vuelta a España (August 18 – September 9).

Gran Canaria training camp

albertocontadornotebook — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:19:20 +0000

Alberto Contador and the Saxo Bank team continued their winter training camp in idyllic Gran Canaria today.

Contador is pleased with the venue and quality of training. He commented this afternoon, “It’s a lovely island, it´s a perfect island for being able to train. The weather – it’s perfect, twenty-odd degrees, it’s ideal. And then the terrain is winding, it allows you to do good work. Then again, it has incredible climbs like Pico de las Nieves. It´s amazing for training.”

His Weight In Honey

albertocontadornotebook — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:27:45 +0000

Alberto Contador received the His Weight In Honey prize from the city of Peñalver (Guadalajara) on Saturday, January 7. To determine his weight, Contador sat in an antique scale held by two men. Because he is lighter than the Peñalver´s average winner, the weight of his bicycle times six (once for each grand tour) was added to the total.

Contador wins Jerusalem’s first criterium

albertocontadornotebook — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:38:57 +0000

Newsreel

Jerusalem criterium finale: Contador attacks to win

Criterium highlights, podium celebration, Contador comments in English

Jerusalem podium glimpse

Interview, exhibition portion of criterium, presentation of signed Saxo Bank-SunGard jersey to Simon Peres

AFP newsreel

Contador in Israel

albertocontadornotebook — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:30:24 +0000

Clips from Israel, including Shimon Peres’ birthday song and a funny glimpse of skydiving

Alberto Contador shared this video at Twitter on December 12

Alberto is annointed with oil as he and the Saxo Bank-SunGard team are pronounced Kings of Jerusalem for 24 hours

Team Saxo Bank-SunGard build a cycling school at Acre for Musliim and Jewish children as a part of the Simon Peres Center for Peace