As expected, Alberto Contador (Astana) has won the first of the Alpine stages that ended in Verbier, Switzerland. He has also taken the maillot jaune. Lance Armstrong came in second. Contador showed his strength in the mountains and the next stages (rest day tomorrow) will test his experience and condition. Armstrong was very impressive indeed. [...]
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Contador wins stage 15 of Tour de France in Verbier
Posted: 19 July 2009 in SportsTags: astana, contador, cycling, lance armstrong, tour de france
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Levi Leipheimer abandons Tour de France 2009
Posted: 17 July 2009 in SportsTags: astana, cycling, leipheimer, tour de france
Levi Leipheimer (Astana) has decided to drop out of the Tour de France 2009 after a nasty crash in yesterday’s stage which ended in Vittel. Michael Rogers and Leipheimer crashed together at a turn which Rogers landing on top of Leipheimer and emerging unscathed. Leipheimer thought that his wrist injury was not serious and continued [...]
Lance Armstrong joins Astana
Posted: 24 September 2008 in SportsTags: astana, contador, cycling, lance armstrong
Lance Armstrong will be riding for Astana in the coming year. Astana is a Kazakhstan team that has riders like Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer. I wonder how Contador will deal with this because until Armstrong’s announcement, Contador was the No. 1 rider. Contador says in an interview: Sharing a team with Armstrong would be [...]
Lance Armstrong makes a comeback
Posted: 9 September 2008 in SportsTags: astana, cycling, lance armstrong, tour de france
Who would have believed? Lance Armstrong announced he’s coming out of retirement. He will be attempting to win his 8th Tour de France next year. It’s not known yet which team he’ll be riding for but rumors are circulating that it will be Astana.
It's official: Contador will ride for Astana in 2008 and 2009
Posted: 24 October 2007 in SportsTags: astana, contador, cycling
Alberto Contador says he will be riding for Astana in 2008 and 2009. Contador is part of the Discovery team that is disbanding at the end of this season because Disco is no longer sponsoring cycling.
