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Contador beats Quintana
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 21 - 06 - 2015

BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France — Alberto Contador underlined his Tour de France potential in beating Nairo Quintana to win the third stage of the Route du Sud Saturday.
Although there is still another stage to go in the four-day race across the south of France, Saturday's 181km mountainous run from Izaourt to Bagneres-de-Luchon in the Pyrenees was always viewed as the decisive stage.
The 32-year-old Tinkoff-Saxo leader attacked Colombian Quintana on the final climb of the day but although he could not drop him, Contador made the difference on the descent into the finish.
He came home 13 seconds ahead of the Movistar leader and will almost certainly now win the race.
Both riders sprung a surprise by entering the Route du Sud instead of traditional pre-Tour warm-up races the Criterium du Dauphine or Tour of Switzerland.
For both it is their final race before the Grand Boucle begins on July 4 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
They will be among the favorites for overall victory alongside champion Vincenzo Nibali and the man he deposed, Chris Froome.
Young French climber Pierre-Roger Latour, 21, took third on the stage in Bagneres-de-Luchon.
Pinot in lead
French rider Thibaut Pinot, of the FDJ team, remained in the lead of the Tour of Switzerland Saturday after the eighth and penultimate stage won by Astana cyclist Alexey Lutsenko.
Kazakhstan's Lutsenko took the honors over the 152.5km stage in and around Bern.
Belgium's Jan Bakelants, of AG2R, and France's Warren Barguil of the Giant team came in second and third respectively.
Pinot again lost time in the overall standings as closest rival Geraint Thomas of the Sky team chipped three seconds off the Frenchman's lead.
Pinot will take an overall lead of 34 seconds over Thomas into Sunday's finale while Slovenia's Simon Spilak is 47 seconds off the lead. — Agencies


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