'Grow up', Armstrong tells Contador

29 Jul 2009, 7:00 am   -   Source: Reuters
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Alberto Contador won the Tour de France for the second time, amid a vicious spat with then-teammate and cycling legend Lance Armstrong. (File AAP)

Alberto Contador won the Tour de France for the second time, amid a vicious spat with then-teammate and cycling legend Lance Armstrong. (File AAP)

Lance Armstrong has told Alberto Contador he has a lot to learn, after a deepening spat between the Tour de France winner and his teammate spilled across media and even Twitter.

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Lance Armstrong has told Alberto Contador he has a lot to learn, after a deepening spat between the Tour de France winner and his teammate spilled across media and even Twitter.

At his victory celebrations on his return to Madrid, Contador said the days in the hotel with the American were tougher than those on the road, that the split affected the Astana team and that they had not given him their full support.

"Seeing these comments from AC. If I were him I'd drop this drivel and start thanking his team. Without them, he doesn't win," Armstrong wrote on his Twitter feed.

"Hey pistolero (a nickname for Contador), there is no 'i' in 'team'. What did I say in March? Lots to learn. Restated."

Seven-time Tour winner Armstrong, who publicly criticised Contador during the race, saying he had not followed team orders, came in third behind Luxembourg's Andy Schleck and Contador on Sunday. It was the Spaniard's second Tour victory.

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