Alberto Contador (Astana) attacked but couldn't get a gap(Image credit: Sirotti)
Alberto Contador (Astana) accelerates out of a turn in the Tour prologue.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Alberto Contador (Astana) on the stage to Morzine-Avoriaz(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Defending Tour champ Alberto Contador is interviewed after the stage.(Image credit: Elmar Krings)
Alberto Contador (Astana) checks his hand after the crash in Brussels(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Alberto Contador and Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Alberto Contador (astana) on the start ramp(Image credit: ispaphoto.com)
Alberto Contador (Astana) rolls out of the start(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Alberto Contador leads the Astana squad to be presented.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Defending champion Alberto Contador (Astana) knuckled down to limit his losses in the overall.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Anyone seen Vino? Alberto Contador (Astana) was a winner of sorts, only losing time to Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck and his teammate.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alexandre Vinokourov escorted Astana teammate Alberto Contador over much of the course, but did press ahead at the end.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Defending Tour champion Alberto Contador (Astana) tackles the final section of cobbles at Haveluy/(Image credit: Sirotti)
Alberto Contador looking pensive on his flag.(Image credit: Daniel Benson)
Lance Armstrong (RadioShack) marks Alberto Contador (Astana) closely. The shadow boxing ends tomorrow.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Alberto Contador (Astana) had a calm day.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) attacks Alberto Contador (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Defending Tour champion Alberto Contador leads Andy Schleck up the decisive Col de la Madeleine.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and defending Tour champion Alberto Contador (Astana) put on an impressive display of climbing.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador share a word(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador chat during the race(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Alberto Contador (Astana) almost came to a standstill as Menchov and Sanchez attacked ahead.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Schleck and Contador cross the line together(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador (Astana) checks his radio on the start line(Image credit: Stephen Farrand)
Astana received a nice drawing of Alberto Contador this morning(Image credit: Brecht Decaluwé)
Alberto Contador hugs Vinokourov(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tour champion Alberto Contador relishes his victory.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador can't wait to don the yellow jersey for the final time this Tour.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador was easy to spot in his yellow kit.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador triumphed in a difficult Tour de France.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Tour's final podium in Paris: (l-r): Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank), Alberto Contador (Astana) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank).(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador (Astana), flanked by Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Alberto Contador (Astana) is embraced by Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Alberto Contador (Astana) on the road to Paris(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
An ecstatic Alberto Contador (Astana) has won his third Tour de France.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Alberto Contador (Astana) in action on the streets of Paris.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A drained Contador at the finish(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador was down on Schleck at the first time check(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tour champion Alberto Contador (Astana) shakes hands with runner-up Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank).(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador (Astana) attacked Andy Schleck inside of 4km to the finish.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador embrace after riding to a stalemate on the Tourmalet.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Alberto Contador (Astana) were locked in a head-to-head duel on the Tourmalet.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador is looking to stamp his authority on the Tour de France for a third time in 2010. The Spanish rider is keen to do his talking on the road once more against former teammate Lance Armstrong, after a war of words erupted between the pair at the end of last season.
Contador has claimed the last two Tours he’s started and with Armstrong now on a rival team and in his last year as a professional, he would like nothing more than to deny the Radioshack rider an eighth title.
It won’t be easy for Contador however, as the race features a tough route and there’s more than Armstrong to worry about in the general classification standings.
