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Contador wins
Posted Jul 29th 2007, 5:17pm by Nick Judd
Alberto Contador wins the Tour de France...
24-year-old Contador, from Madrid, retained the leader's yellow jersey after finishing fifth in yesterday's time trial, and did enough to win the tournament overall. The American Discovery Channel team was the youngest champion since Jan Ullrich of Germany in 1997. He was the first Spaniard to stand atop the winner's podium since the last of Miguel Indurain's five wins in 1995. However, the Daily Mail has suggested that he could now face allegations of doping himself. To read the claims, click here
Comments
Melinda Kizer
Tired of hearing about "Tour de Fraud"... They tested and found some drug use - isn't that the purpose of testing? The Olympics have had a record of participants flunking tests - anybody cancelling the Games because of it?? Give it up! It is disappointing, but it is EXACTLY what the sport needs to clean itself up - throw a few out of the TDF (including teams) and the "profit" in cheating no longer exists. Vive Le Tour!
Thomas Swan
Well, I guess the entire world was waiting for this news. I guess my wishes didn't come true... I was hoping they'd place the finish line, 100 yards out into the Seine. I might have watched that portion of the race, anyway. I doubt if you can find 10 people in the USA who would even watch this joke... Why they would waste good drugs on those peddlers, is beyond me.