Alberto Contador’s Comments Reveal True Feelings for Lance Armstrong

With the Tour de France over, Alberto Contador didn’t hold back from commenting on Lance Armstrong and showing how he really felt about his Astana teammate. Contador maintained three weeks of near silence about his tense relationship with Armstrong, but it was only a matter of time before he spoke out.

“My relationship with Lance is zero,” Contador said at a news conference. “He is a great rider and had completed a great race, but it is another thing on a personal level, where I never had great admiration for him and I never will.”

One day after winning his second Tour, the Spanish rider said it’s good that they’ll be moving on. Armstrong, a seven-time Tour winner, will ride for new Team RadioShack after the close of this season. Contador also wants to sign with another team.

“On this Tour, the days in the hotel were harder than those on the road,” Contador added. “The situation was tense and delicate because the relationship between myself and Lance extended to the rest of the staff.”

It didn’t take long for Lance to respond to Contador’s criticism, via his Twitter of course. On Monday night, Armstrong tweeted the following: “Seeing these comments from AC. If I were him I’d drop this drivel and start thanking his team. w/o them, he doesn’t win.”

Emphasis mine. Lance has always been gracious to thank his teammates. Good luck winning #3 Alberto.