Contador feels accumulated fatigue in final time trial
Spaniard lauds Evans as worthy winner
A solid outing in the Grenoble time trial on Saturday saw 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alberto Contador (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Saxo Bank-Sungard) move up to 5th overall at t🔜he Tour de France, but the Spaniard admitted that he had paid for his efforts on the road to l’Alpe d’Huez the previous day.
“I did🌌 a good time trial,” Contador told . “I felt good, alt🦩hough I noticed the accumulated fatigue on the rollers [while warming up.]"
Contador finished third on the day, 1:06 behind Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad).ꦯ Although disappointed to miss out on the final podium in🐠 Paris, he acknowledged that his sights were set much higher at the beginning of the Tour de France.
“It wꦜould have been nice to have ended up on the podium, but I came with the aim of winning the race,” said Contador, who had failed to win only one of the seven Grand Tours he had started in his career prior ⛦to this race.
The Spaniard was on the offensive throughout Friday’s short but sharp stage to l’Alpe d’Huez. Although his attacks ultimatelဣy yielded neither the yellow jersey nor stage victory, Cont𝓀ador was pleased by the reaction to his show of defiance.
“Obviously, by expending so much energy you pay for it the next day,” Contador said. “However, I was filled with 🎉more affection from people than for a stage win in the Tour de France. When I got to my hotel room, my mobile phone was saturated with all the messages that had been sent to thank me for my efforts.”
Contador also had words of praise for Tour de France winner C𝓰adel Ev💛ans (BMC), who he had beaten into second place in Paris in 2007.
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“Cadel Evans is a worthy winner,” Contador said, according to . &lꦓdquo;It’s a deserved victory. His manner of riding isn’t spectacular 🐼but he showed that he was very strong. He did some fine stages, and today [Saturday], he did a great time trial.”
With a dominant Giro d’Italia triumph to his name in 2011, Contador d✨eclared himself pleased with his season’s “positive balance sheet.”
He will face a challenge of a diffওerent kind in early August, however, when the Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear appeals from the UCI and WADA that Contador should be sanctioned for his positive te📖st for Clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France.
