You've probably already read that Cyclingnews article in which an interview from El Paìs was mentioned.Well,I've found that interview (the link is http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/gusta/dinero/fama/elpepudep/20091026elpepidep_31/Tes). and I've translated it.In the Cyclingnews article most of the things were mentioned,but some others were lacking.Here's the whole translation of the article,enjoy!
ANDY SCHLECK: I LIKE MONEY,BUT I DON'T LIKE FAME!
Bahamontes once invited his rivals Coppi and Anquetil to go hunting with him in the Toledo mountains.And so it isn't that strange to hear that Alberto Contador,"the Bahamontes of the 21st century",has invited his rival Andy Schleck,the Luxembourgish cyclist with a young,smiling and fresh face,to take his gun and go hunting the partridges with him.
"I'd really love to go hunting with Alberto,even if I don't think we'll be able to find a weekend in which we are both free to meet each other",said the 24 year-old Andy Schleck,who is not just a friend of Contador,but also a big rival of him.
Journalist: During the Tour presentation you were sitted between Contador and Armstrong.How was that?
Andy: It was a strange feeling.You could actually tell that they aren't best friends.
J: Contador said that you'll be his main rival next year...
AS: I've been his main rival this year and we both left Armstrong behind,but I'm sure that the American rider will get stronger next year.But of course I'll get stronger as well.
J: Can you beat Contador and win the Tour?
AS: Yes,of course I can.
J: What do you need to win?
AS: I've arrived 2nd this year,so I think I can win.I'll need a strong team and I'll also need to improve my climbing skills,since it's on the mountains that you can lose 5 minutes and lose a Tour.
J: Without any doubt,your weakest point is the TT...
AS: Yes,next year there will be a TT of 50 kms on the penultimate day of the Tour and so having good TT skills will be very important,but I'm working a lot on them.Mental training...I've worked a lot with Bobby Julich about it.At the beginning,I was terrible in the TTs,I always used to arrive around the 45th place...But I'm improving year after year and now I'm not that bad.I'll never be as strong as Cancellara,but I can still improve a lot.
J: You said you would need a strong team to win the Tour next year,but in the 2009 Tour Contador didn't actually have a great team,while you had your brother always ready to help you.
AS: I don't agree.Alberto had a team and this team worked for him and was the best one of the whole race.When Alberto took the yellow jersey,they controlled the race for him.
J: Do you think that Contador had a misunderstanding on the Grand Bornard day,when he dropped Kloden and Frank won the stage?
AS: The only "mistake" that Alberto made during the Tour was to challenge his team,but he didn't do that during the Grand Bornard stage.If Alberto hadn't attacked on that day,I would have attacked,I was ready to do it.There was just 1 km of the climb left.Contador decided to attack and we followed him.Kloden was a good teammate for Alberto and now he's gone to another team.
Bahamontes once invited his rivals Coppi and Anquetil to go hunting with him in the Toledo mountains.And so it isn't that strange to hear that Alberto Contador,"the Bahamontes of the 21st century",has invited his rival Andy Schleck,the Luxembourgish cyclist with a young,smiling and fresh face,to take his gun and go hunting the partridges with him.
"I'd really love to go hunting with Alberto,even if I don't think we'll be able to find a weekend in which we are both free to meet each other",said the 24 year-old Andy Schleck,who is not just a friend of Contador,but also a big rival of him.
Journalist: During the Tour presentation you were sitted between Contador and Armstrong.How was that?
Andy: It was a strange feeling.You could actually tell that they aren't best friends.
J: Contador said that you'll be his main rival next year...
AS: I've been his main rival this year and we both left Armstrong behind,but I'm sure that the American rider will get stronger next year.But of course I'll get stronger as well.
J: Can you beat Contador and win the Tour?
AS: Yes,of course I can.
J: What do you need to win?
AS: I've arrived 2nd this year,so I think I can win.I'll need a strong team and I'll also need to improve my climbing skills,since it's on the mountains that you can lose 5 minutes and lose a Tour.
J: Without any doubt,your weakest point is the TT...
AS: Yes,next year there will be a TT of 50 kms on the penultimate day of the Tour and so having good TT skills will be very important,but I'm working a lot on them.Mental training...I've worked a lot with Bobby Julich about it.At the beginning,I was terrible in the TTs,I always used to arrive around the 45th place...But I'm improving year after year and now I'm not that bad.I'll never be as strong as Cancellara,but I can still improve a lot.
J: You said you would need a strong team to win the Tour next year,but in the 2009 Tour Contador didn't actually have a great team,while you had your brother always ready to help you.
AS: I don't agree.Alberto had a team and this team worked for him and was the best one of the whole race.When Alberto took the yellow jersey,they controlled the race for him.
J: Do you think that Contador had a misunderstanding on the Grand Bornard day,when he dropped Kloden and Frank won the stage?
AS: The only "mistake" that Alberto made during the Tour was to challenge his team,but he didn't do that during the Grand Bornard stage.If Alberto hadn't attacked on that day,I would have attacked,I was ready to do it.There was just 1 km of the climb left.Contador decided to attack and we followed him.Kloden was a good teammate for Alberto and now he's gone to another team.
span>J: How is it to race with your older brother?
AS: It's a luxury.At the beginning of the Tour we had 2 team leaders,then on the Pyranees Frank told me that he would have worked for me and that I would have been the only leader of the team.I have a great relationship with him.Who else could come and tell me "Jerk,where have you put your shoes?" and things like that? We are great friends also outside from the cycling world.
J: Even if you're the youngest person in your family,people say that you're the family leader...
AS: The family leader is my father,Johnny.
J: Aside from your brother,do you have other friends in your team?
AS: Yes,I get on very well with O'Grady,Breschel,Fuglsang...
J: Did you also use to get on with Carlos Sastre when he was in your team?
AS: Not always.I never understood what his problem was.He won the Tour and everyone who saw the race on the television and knows a bit about cycling understood how we sacrificed ourselves for him.Then he went to talk to the press and said things that didn't make sense,for example he said that we weren't working for him...We were working at 100% for him,we were completely there for him! He's got a problem with his head!
J: On the Alpe d'Huez Frank had the yellow jersey and Sastre attacked.
AS: Frank and I felt very good on that day.We could have won the Tour,but then Carlos attacked,won and that was it.Everyone was happy with his victory,the problem was what he said to the press afterwards.
J: You had your first big result at the Giro 2007,when you arrived 2nd at 22 year-old.Will you come back to Italy in 2010?
AS: No,I'll race the Classics and the Tour.Liegé,Amstel and,for the first time,the Tour of Flanders to get ready for the cobblestones which we'll have to face during the 3rd stage of the Tour.You can't win the Tour in a stage like that one,but you can lose it.That stage doesn't make sense,it seems ridiculous to me.
J: On Wednesday you went to see Madrid-Milan in the Bernabeu.Do you follow football a lot?
AS: To say the truth,I'd never been to a football stadium before of Wednesday.You know,I'm Luxembourgish...Where can I go to see football matches?
J: Did you envy the footballers when you saw the stadium?
AS: In a stadium there are just 70.000 people...On the Tour roads there many more .
J: If you could choose,what would you like the most? Being one of the best footballers of the world,or being one of the best cyclists?
AS: It's a hard question.Football brings you fame and money...I don't like fame,but I do like money!
AS: Frank and I felt very good on that day.We could have won the Tour,but then Carlos attacked,won and that was it.Everyone was happy with his victory,the problem was what he said to the press afterwards.
J: You had your first big result at the Giro 2007,when you arrived 2nd at 22 year-old.Will you come back to Italy in 2010?
AS: No,I'll race the Classics and the Tour.Liegé,Amstel and,for the first time,the Tour of Flanders to get ready for the cobblestones which we'll have to face during the 3rd stage of the Tour.You can't win the Tour in a stage like that one,but you can lose it.That stage doesn't make sense,it seems ridiculous to me.
J: On Wednesday you went to see Madrid-Milan in the Bernabeu.Do you follow football a lot?
AS: To say the truth,I'd never been to a football stadium before of Wednesday.You know,I'm Luxembourgish...Where can I go to see football matches?
J: Did you envy the footballers when you saw the stadium?
AS: In a stadium there are just 70.000 people...On the Tour roads there many more .
J: If you could choose,what would you like the most? Being one of the best footballers of the world,or being one of the best cyclists?
AS: It's a hard question.Football brings you fame and money...I don't like fame,but I do like money!
LITTLE NEWS ABOUT JONATHAN BELLIS:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bellis-to-return-to-britain-following-crash: Jonathan Bellis will shortly go back to Britain and leave the Italian hospital where he's been for more than a month.John is still recovering from head injuries,but I think that it's a good news to hear that,at least,he's now ready to fly back home.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bellis-to-return-to-britain-following-crash: Jonathan Bellis will shortly go back to Britain and leave the Italian hospital where he's been for more than a month.John is still recovering from head injuries,but I think that it's a good news to hear that,at least,he's now ready to fly back home.
(Andy's pic by Bart Hazen)
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