THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CONTADOR

His Vuelta started out well as his staff, Tinkoff–Saxo, finished seventh from the opening group time demo, 19 seconds behind the Movistar Team, the staff which fielded fellow overall contenders, Quintana and Valverde. To the race's initial mountain phase to La Zubia, he was able to stay with the general contenders as he at some point concluded th