After a career that spanned 15 years, including seven Grand Tour wins and a positive test result for clenbuterol that led to a six-month suspension, Alberto Contador says he has no regrets.
Answering questions during a wide-ranging press conference with a small group of reporters earlier this month in Arizona, Contador said he is satisfied with his career and proud of the fact that he always gave 100 percent in every race he entered.
"No. I wouldn't change anything," he said when asked if he had any regrets. "Always in my career I gave 100 percent.
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"In this 15-year professional career, I gave 100 percent to the bike," he said. "I think if you have a professional licence, it's not necessarily that you are a professional. If you are professional you need to give 100 percent. It doesn't matter if you have a three-year contract or a one-year contract, or if you are in a small race or a big race. In all of the races I was in, I gave 100 percent, and I'm happy because of this."
Contador ended his career with two wins in the Tour de France (2007 and 2009) and the Giro d'Italia (2008 and 2015), and he won the Vuelta a Espana three times (2008, 2012 and 2014). But after a positive test for clenbuterol, the UCI suspended him for six months in 2012 and stripped him of his 2010 Tour de France victory and all of his results in 2011, including his overall win at the Giro d'Italia.
Contador quickly bounced back after his suspension, winning the Vuelta in 2012 and 2014 and adding another Giro d'Italia title in 2015, but he never again reached the Tour de France overall podium.
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