Contador: ‘Tour will be decided in Pyrenees’
Alberto Contador knows where he needs to be strongest if he wants to win a third Tour de France crown: the Pyrénées. The Tourmalet has a great history at the Tour. The Asana captain completed a four-day reconnaissance of the decisive climbing stages in the mountains along the French-Spanish border and came away convinced that’s where the 2010 Tour will be decided. “These four days in the Pyrenees have been hard, because we’ve seen the stages that will decide the Tour,” Contador said Tuesday. “The Pyrenees will decide and, of course, this Tour will be harder than last year’s.” Contador was joined by Astana teammates likely to join him in his bid to win the Tour. Training with in the mountains were Benjamin Noval, …

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