Contador Wins Tour

Alberto Contador of Spain cruised to an easy Tour de France victory yesterday after he had held off a charge from Luxembourg's Andy Schleck the day before. The win is Contador's third in four years.

However, this year's victory has been mired in controversy. In Stage 15, with Schleck wearing the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the race, Contador committed a breach of cycling etiquitte and claimed the yellow for himself.

As Schleck was pedaling hard uphill after Contador, Schleck's chain came undone. It is customary in cycling for other riders to wait for a rider to fix a problem for which he is not at fault, such as a mechanical failure, but Contador sped onward, eventually gaining 39 seconds on Schleck, which ironically is the margin by which he led Schleck after holding off Schleck's comeback on Saturday.

Contador apologized for his breach of etiquette on YouTube shortly after it occurred. Schleck has accepted the apology and urged fans to do the same, but surely this Tour loss will not be easy for him to forget.

Andy: Good effort. You deserved to win. You'll get 'em next year.

Alberto: I hope you can sleep at night.