Alberto Contador
Template:Cyclist infobox 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 time trial 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.
Major achievements
- Stage 4, Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
- Stage 4, Paris-Nice
- 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
- Stage 3, Combination Classification and 1st Overall, 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