Early on it was reported that perhaps the last-minute addition of Astana to the Giro's peloton had put the team off their game; bContador/b was on a beach bvacation/b with his girlfriend when he got the phone call the week before the race. ...
Two-time World Champion (a title he only surrendered by going on bvacation/b). Owner of some of the coolest wins in the discipline, including the memorable London prologue when he practically overran the motos. b..../b Alberto bContador/b. A true ace in the middle-range races, which he contests mostly in one-week Spanish races and early season stuff like Paris-Nice. The fact that he's within shouting range of the first two guys on this list is pretty impressive given where he was ...
My first day of Vuelta Castilla y Leon was spent not in the car but at the bhotel/b preparing TT bikes, so an easy first race day. I even got time to watch some of the race on local TV and saw the crash that put Armstrong out of the tour. ...
