Tour de France winner Alberto Contador blasts Lance Armstrong
source: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/07/27/2009-07-27_2009_tour_de_france_winn...
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Apparently, there's no love lost between the two (though it would've been almost impossible not to notice during the course of the Tour):
"My relationship with Lance is non-existent. Even if he is a great champion, I have never had admiration for him and I never will," the 26-year-old Spaniard told reporters.
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That's funny, because in interviews from 2007 and before, he's often quoted as saying how much he admired and looked up to Lance, especially after he had spent time recovering from his brain aneurysm reading Lance's book for inspiration.
He may be the best climber right now, and he may peaking in his time trials, but without the uber-team of Popo, Haimar, Kloden, Rast, Leipheimer and Armstrong, I doubt that Alberto wil be repeating next year -- especially if he has to contend with Vinokourov and his return to the team. Add to Armstrong train George Hincapie and there'll be little hope, if any, for Alberto no matter who he's got as domestiques. What do you think?
"My relationship with Lance is non-existent. Even if he is a great champion, I have never had admiration for him and I never will," the 26-year-old Spaniard told reporters.
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That's funny, because in interviews from 2007 and before, he's often quoted as saying how much he admired and looked up to Lance, especially after he had spent time recovering from his brain aneurysm reading Lance's book for inspiration.
He may be the best climber right now, and he may peaking in his time trials, but without the uber-team of Popo, Haimar, Kloden, Rast, Leipheimer and Armstrong, I doubt that Alberto wil be repeating next year -- especially if he has to contend with Vinokourov and his return to the team. Add to Armstrong train George Hincapie and there'll be little hope, if any, for Alberto no matter who he's got as domestiques. What do you think?
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