Spaniard waiting for more details on Armstrong case
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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank) finishes up(Image credit: Susi Goetze)
After an mixed first seven days of the Vuelta, Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) says that he is still banking on the third week to show his top condition. The Spaniard performed well on Arrate and Ezcaray, attacking no less than seven times on the Basque climb, but lost out on the Fuerte del Rapitan on Thursday.
Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.
