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Contador wins the Tour of France
By Audrey Nolan
Despite the joy of becoming the new Tour de France King, there is a shadow upon the achievement of the newest and youngest winner in the last decade, the Spaniard Alberto Contador, whose sponsor team is the American Discovery Channel.
The continuous doping scandal hangs over all of the riders; many have stated that the faith of having a clean and genuine competition has been lost as even the riders for whom the people had the most hopes have been spotted to cheat giving the worst example in the history of cycling; fact that has even encouraged the Olympics Committee to considering removing cycling as a listed sport for future Olympic events.
The whole situation seems unfair for the newly crown rider, Contador, who had a great race on each stage he won. Up to this point, we can say he is just a victim in this drug problem which has all and every single rider of the tour in the public eye.
"I think we've seen the future of Spanish cycling and perhaps international cycling," seven-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong said, referring to Contador, the first Spaniard to win the race since Miguel Indurain, who accumulated five titles during his professional career.
Discovery Sports manager, Johan Bruyneel, was very proud but stated the victory comes with a bittersweet flavor. "It's not a nice feeling. You don't want to win like that," he said. "The way things were, most likely he would have won the Tour de France."
At first, most hopes were for Contador to take just the white jersey as the best young rider but he ended up making his dream come true as he also secured the yellow jersey. This is an incredible achievement for Contador as back in 2004 he suffered a brain aneurism while he was racing the Spain Tour of Asturias and collapsed with severe convulsions; he was submitted to brain surgery the same day which saved him from brain damaged.
Contador’s margin of victory was 23 seconds over Cadel Evans of Australia; it was the second-narrowest in the Tour's 104-year history, after 2,200 miles through Britain, Belgium, Spain and France.
About the Author:
Audrey Nolan is a high-ranking writer on sports for the online betting industry. You can also find more of her work at www.instantactionsports.com/uk/
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