Alberto Contador Interview (Winner Tour de France 2009)
Alberto Contador, best Spanish cyclist is emerge as the winner of this year’s Tour de France 2009. Here is a press conference interview with him before the stage 21 final race:
Question (Q): Can you describe your Tour?
Alberto Contador (AC): It’s been a hard Tour. I knew before coming that I had I be prepared both mentally and physically. Every day was one day less. Every day there was a certain amount tension and now I can think the victory and forget about all the other stuff.
Q: What are your immediate impressions?
AC: I feel very happy. I have worked so hard, thinking only about the Tour, trying to do everything perfectly for the Tour. Now to be able to finally win the Tour, knowing that everyone was betting on me as the maximum favorite, of course, I am very satisfied.
Q: Was this year’s Tour more mentally or physically difficult?
AC: Physically, of course. I had to have the legs to be able to respond on the road. The mental played a big role as well, but physically, a little bit more percentage wise.
Q: Was the 2007 Tour or this year’s Tour harder?
AC: Both were very difficult, as you say, 2007 was very close (21 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans) it all came down to the last time trial. This time, I had a little more margin of victory. This has been a combination of both physical and mental, whereas in 2007, it was more physical. I cannot say which cost me more of the two victories.
Q: What are you going to do in 2010?
AC: What I have clear is that there is going to be a lot of hassle to see what will be my future. For sure, it will be on a different team than Lance (Armstrong). We’ll see what we can do, whether it’s a new team or find a team that is 100 percent behind me to confront this race to win it again.
Q: Was it good or bad with Lance Armstrong?
AC: There haven’t been that many situations during the Tour. When the balance in his favor, then it was in my favor, it was good. The situation was more or less equal throughout the Tour. I knew that he would be a rider to beat in the GC. If I wanted to win, he wanted to win, it’s not compatible if two riders try to win. I knew that he would be a rival. I had trained a lot thinking about how hard this Tour was going to be. I arrived in this Tour in the best possible condition that I could be in and I didn’t really worry about what kind of condition that Lance was in.
Q: Will Lance be a challenger next year?
AC: Of course, next year he’ll have another important role to play like he did last year. He’ll be one of the clear candidates for the overall and he will be a tough rival.
Q: What will it be like with Lance on the podium?
AC: When you win, you like that the ones who are behind you, that they are good riders with a big name, so I’m sure that the photo we take tomorrow in Paris will be historic.”
Q: What are your thoughts on records and the Classics?
AC: I don’t worry too much about that. I’m 26 and the victories keep coming. I don’t set a goal with any specific number of victories. The Tour will remain my objective principal during the years, but that doesn’t mean that I will not race other events during the season.
Q: The Tour didn’t have any doping scandal. Is cycling cleaner?
AC: I am very content for all this. That’s what we’re all working for. The mentality of the riders has completely changed. Now we’re seeing the fruit of these anti-doping efforts. We’re seeing it now in this Tour de France and I also believe that this is also a great victory.
Watch celebrating Contadors Tour de France 2009 Win video:
Haha… The Tour de France organizers, A.S.O. plays the wrong national anthem when Alberto Contador is honored as the winner of the 2009 Tour de France. Instead of playing the Spanish national anthem they playing Danish national anthem… 
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2 Responses to “Alberto Contador Interview (Winner Tour de France 2009)”
By Jack_C on Jul 29, 2009 | Reply
Contador is a great champion. His remarks are well founded. It was obvious that the Astana team was on Armstrong’s side. Which makes Contador’s win more honorable. I don’t know what Armstrong’s complain is all about. He couldn’t make second either. What is his excuse here? He is bitter and jealous. His previous wins are suspicious. The TDF committee didn’t suspect him of drug use by accident. He got away with it by using his testicular cancer as a cover up. This time he was so watched he couldn’t ingest a thing. And he lost. Coincidence? He’s a cry baby, and certainly not the only champion around. Contador proved it.
By Big_ring on Jul 29, 2009 | Reply
Contador is not a team player nad will not win without a team like Astana. he is not smart enought to build one one his own. Lance did the gracious thing and supported Contador as the stronger rider. Before the stronger rider was revealed Contador did nothing to support the team and whined like a baby.
Good luck to the cry baby next year when is is without a great team.