Stage wins of secondary importance for Contador at Giro d’Italia

A sort of homecoming for Alberto Contador, as the Giro d'Italia visited his adopted town of Lugano for the finish of stage 17. The maglia rosa left his native Pinto to live in the capital of Italian-speaking Switzerland three years ago, and it was on the hills overlooking the lake that he carried out his first, secretive training rides last summer after fracturing his tibia at the Tour de France.

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.