Romandie stage three wrap-up: Liberty for Contador!

Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros)

Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) (Image credit: AFP)

It was a well-calculated move that made Liberty Seguros' Alberto Contador grab the stage victory and the yellow jersey in the mountains of Switzerland yesterday - and the 24 year-old didn't lack the power in the final kilometres of the Cat. 1 ascent to Leysin. Attacking from a chase group which had just swallowed his even younger teammate José Antonio Redondo with only a few kilometres to go, Contador executed team director Manolo Saiz' strategy to the letter. The Spaniard now leads the race with 16 seconds over Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), who naturally won the sprint for second placing against Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto).