Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong are sniping again after a fragile truce during the Tour de France.
Contador, who secured his second Tour win on Sunday in Paris, said he had no admiration for the American as a person and tensions between the two had a negative effect on the Astana team. Armstrong, the seven-time champion who finished third in his first Tour since 2005, responded that Contador should "drop this drivel."
My relationship with Lance Armstrong is zero," Contador said late Monday in his hometown of Pinto outside Madrid. "He's a great rider and he did a great Tour. Another thing is on a personal level, where I have never admired him and never will."
Armstrong, who had criticized Contador as being inexperienced earlier this year, responded with his own salvo on Twitter.
Armstrong, who had criticized Contador as being inexperienced earlier this year, responded with his own salvo on Twitter.
"Hey pistolero, there is no 'I' in 'team'. what did I say in March? Lots to learn. Restated," Armstrong wrote.
The "pistolero" remark stems from Contador's habit of celebrating victories by shooting an imaginary pistol.
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