Contador fights back at the Tour of Oman

Alberto Contador (Team Saxo Bank) lost several precious seconds on stage two of the Tour of Oman on Tuesday but moved quickly to take them back and show he is on form on Wednesday by distancing his overall rivals on the testing and aggressively-raced finale to the edge of the Wadi Dayqah Dam.

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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.