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Alberto Contador
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Alberto Contador Velasco |
| Date of birth | December 6, 1982 (age 24) |
| Country |  Spain |
| Height | 1.76 m |
| Weight | 62 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Discovery Channel |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003-2006 2007- |
Liberty Seguros Discovery Channel |
| Major wins | |
| Paris-Nice Setmana Catalana |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| March 18, 2007 | |
Alberto Contador Velasco (born 6 December 1982 is a professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. He is a cyclist that competes for the overall title and is considered a climbing specialist.
His career highlights includes winning Stage 5 of the 2005 Tour Down Under, his first win after overcoming a massive blood clot in his brain, a risky surgery and a long, painful road to recovery and to get back on his bike. Following the demise of the Manolo Saiz run Liberty Seguros-Würth team, Contador was without a professional contract until mid-January 2007, when he signed with Discovery Channel.
Contador's biggest pro victory came with the 2007 Paris-Nice, which he won in dramatic fashion on the race's final stage. The Discovery Team effectively wore down the remnants of the race leader's team (Davide Rebellin / Gerolsteiner) allowing Contador to launch an authoritative attack on the final climb. With Rebellin leading the chase, Contador held off his competitors with a sensational effort in the final kilometers, winning him this prestigious race.
- 1st Overall, Paris-Nice
- 1st Young rider classification, Paris-Nice
- Stage 4, Paris-Nice
- Stage 7, Paris-Nice
- Stage 4, Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
- 2006 – Astana-Würth Team
- Stage 8, Tour de Suisse
- Stage 3 and 2nd Overall, Tour de Romandie
- 5th Overall, Vuelta al País Vasco
- 2005 – Liberty Seguros-Würth Cycling Team
- Stage 6 (ITT), Points Classification and 3rd Overall, Vuelta al País Vasco
- Stage 5, Tour Down Under
- 1st Overall, Combination Classification and Stage 3, Setmana Catalana
- Stage 4 and 4th Overall, Tour de Romandie
- 3rd, Youth Classification and 31st Overall, Tour de France
- 2004 – Liberty Seguros
- Mountains Classification, Vuelta a Aragon
- 5th Overall, Setmana Catalana
- 2003 – ONCE-Eroski
- Stage 8, Tour de Pologne
- 4th Overall, Vuelta a Castilla y Léon
| Riders on Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team |
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Ivan Basso | Fumiyuki Beppu | Volodymyr Bileka | Janez Brajkovič | Alberto Contador | Antonio Cruz | Steve Cummings | Tom Danielson | John Devine | Stijn Devolder | Vladimir Gusev | George Hincapie | Levi Leipheimer | Fuyu Li | Trent Lowe | Egoi Martínez | Jason McCartney | Gianni Meersman | Uroš Murn | Benjamín Noval | Pavel Padrnos | Sérgio Paulinho | Yaroslav Popovych | José Luis Rubiera | Tomas Vaitkus | Jurgen Van Goolen | Brian Vandborg | Matt White |
| Manager |
| Johan Bruyneel |