By Monika Prell
Tour winner Alberto Contador will be awarded by the Superiour Council of Sports, according to Marca. Jaime Lissavezky, the Sports secretary of the State, confirmed that the 24-years old will receive the gold medal of sporting achievement. He communicated the news to Contador in an interview they made before Contador's press conference on Friday, where the young Spaniard insisted that he never had doped.
With the reception of this award. Contador will form part of the Royal Orden of Sportive earnings, like all Spanish Tour winners before him.
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