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Factbox: Alberto Contador

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has ben cleared of doping allegations by the Spanish cycling federation. Here's his vital stats.

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Name: Alberto Contador

Date of birth: December 6, 1982

Place of birth: Madrid

Nationality: Spanish

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Height: 1.76m

Weight: 61kg

Teams:

ONCE (2003), Liberty (2004-2006), Discovery Channel (2007), Astana (2008-2010), Saxo Bank-Sungard (2010-present)

Principal victories

Grand Tours:

Tour de France: 2010, 2009, 2007 (and best young rider). Three stage wins (Plateau de Beille 2007, Verbier and Annecy time trial 2009)

Tour of Italy: 2008

Tour of Spain: 2008. Two stage wins (Angliru, Fuentes de Invierno).

Stage races:

Paris-Nice 2007, 2010

Tour of the Basque Country 2008 and 2009

Catalan cycling week 2005

Tour of Castilla and Leon 2007 and 2008, 2010

Tour of the Algarve 2009 and 2010

One-day races:

Spanish time trial championship 2009


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