{"id":6950,"date":"2017-08-19T19:28:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T15:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/the-end-of-an-era-contador\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T22:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:03:58","slug":"the-end-of-an-era-contador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/en\/the-end-of-an-era-contador\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of an Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much time has passed since our last publication; much water has flowed down the bed of the eternal Rioni. How changeable its character is: at times the flood-like phantom of surging waves swallows the primordial white stones, at times, wearing the greenish-blue mask of a stream, it traces each of their wrinkles yet again, to sing once more the praises of time and wisdom. After all, wrinkles always point to time and wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>To our regret, we have still not managed to move Velorbola from a hobby onto the path of becoming a professional news outlet. However, we do not intend to give up on this intention, and we hope that this very publication will turn out to be the watershed bridge \u2014 or crossroads, if you like \u2014 after which a new chapter in the history of our site will begin to be written.<\/p>\n<p>We have chosen a historic day, too: the start of the 2017 Vuelta. What makes the season&#8217;s third Grand Tour so special? Held since 1935, this year we will see its 72nd start. The Italian and French three-week races have, after all, already passed the hundred mark. And still historic? Yes \u2014 the start of every Grand Tour is historic, but this year&#8217;s Vuelta will nevertheless be written into cycling history in a special way.<\/p>\n<p>This Vuelta is the end of an era \u2014 an era called Alberto Contador (El Pistolero).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5944\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5944\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5944\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto001pp.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto001pp.jpg\" alt=\"72nd Vuelta a Espana Team Presentation CONTADOR Alberto (ESP) Trek - Segafredo\" width=\"530\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27530%27%20height%3D%27353%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20530%20353%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27530%27%20height%3D%27353%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto001pp-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto001pp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto001pp.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18 August 2017<br \/> 72nd Vuelta a Espana<br \/> Team Presentation<br \/> CONTADOR Alberto (ESP) Trek &#8211; Segafredo<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of his last, unsuccessful Tour de France, the legendary Spaniard announced back on August 7 that the 2017 Vuelta would be his final race.<\/p>\n<p>Today the cycling world begins to say goodbye to Alberto.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers&#8217; decision is also telling: El Pistolero will race the Vuelta wearing number one!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5945\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5945\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5945\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto042p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto042p.jpg\" alt=\"72nd Vuelta a Espana Team Presentation CONTADOR Alberto (ESP) Trek - Segafredo DELGADO Pedro (ESP)\" width=\"530\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27530%27%20height%3D%27353%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20530%20353%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27530%27%20height%3D%27353%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto042p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto042p-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto042p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18 August 2017<br \/> 72nd Vuelta a Espana<br \/> Team Presentation<br \/> CONTADOR Alberto (ESP) Trek &#8211; Segafredo<br \/> DELGADO Pedro (ESP)<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We will stop here for now, and for these entire three weeks we, too, will devote ourselves to saying goodbye to Alberto \u2014 a farewell during a race whose line-up is worthy of the end of an era. But more on that later!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: <em>Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em><em>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\">www.yuzurusunada.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inside post thumbnail image:\u00a0<em>Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em><em>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\">www.yuzurusunada.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to the Japanese photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\">Yuzuru SUNADA<\/a> for permission to use his works in our publications.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much time has passed since our last publication; much water  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[370,387,369],"class_list":["post-6950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road","tag-alberto-contador","tag-editors-picks","tag-vuelta-a-espana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The End of an Era &#8211; Velorbola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Much time has passed since our last publication; much water has flowed down the bed of the eternal Rioni. 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