Contador clinches Tour of Spain title

Spain’s Alberto Contador sealed a remarkable victory in the Tour of Spain just over a month after returning from a two-year doping ban and declared it perhaps the ‘most beautiful of his career’. The 29-year-old Spaniard — adding a second Vuelta to the one he won in 2008 — has always protested his innocence over the minute trace of clenbuterol that was detected in a dope test during the 2010 Tour de France, saying it came from a contaminated steak he ate. However, having taken his punishment after a long drawn out legal process the rider from Pinto prefers not to reflect on what went before but rather what the future holds, and what this means to him. “This victory is maybe the most beautiful of all my wins,” he said. “I am really happy, almost liberated with regard to the pressure that I put on myself,” said the two-time Tour de France champion, who was stripped of one other Tour de France win (2010).