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."

In the end, there's no love lost as these two go their separate ways.

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Acclaimed by hundreds of wellwishers, Tour de France winner Spanish Alberto Contador waves from a car as he rides through his home village, in Pinto near Madrid, on July 27, 2009. Contador won the Tour on Sunday with a comfortable lead over his rivals. AFP PHOTO/Dani POZO (Photo credit should read Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images)

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Astana team rider and Tour de France 2009 winner Alberto Contador of Spain waves his supporters as he appears on a balcony in his home village in Pinto near Madrid, on July 27, 2009. AFP PHOTO DANI POZO (Photo credit should read Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images)

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Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen awaits the start of the Designa Grand Prix race on July 27, 2009 in the small town of Kjellerup in Jutland, Denmark. The race is his first after a two-year suspension. Rasmussen was thrown off the 2007 Tour de France by his team, Rabobank, while wearing the leader's yellow jersey for lying about his whereabouts the previous month when he was being sought out for doping tests. AFP PHOTO Brian Rasmussen/SCANPIX DANMARK 2009 (Photo credit should read BRIAN RASMUSSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Acclaimed by hundreds of wellwishers, Tour de France winner Spanish Alberto Contador jumps off from a car during a ride through his home village, in Pinto near Madrid, on July 27, 2009. Contador won the Tour on Sunday with a comfortable lead over his rivals. AFP PHOTO/Dani POZO (Photo credit should read Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images)

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