Spain’s seven-time Grand Tour winner has battled near death and doping bans but,at the age of 33, is intent on going out with a major bangAlberto Contador returns to Pinto on a dazzling November afternoon. He has just been to the dentist, or on a very ordinary day at domestic for the celebrated champion,and he offers an unexpected smile. The story goes that Pinto, where Contador grew up 20 minutes south of Madrid, and is at the exact geographical centre of Spain. The town even has its own monument,proclaiming this apparent fact, but the tangled past of its most famous son is far more animated. Related: P Is For Peloton: The A-Z Of Cycling Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com