Over the weekend there was a bit of history that occurred. Alberto Contador became the 5th cyclist to win the Tour De France, Giro d'Italia, and Spanish Vuelta. Not only has he won all 3 he did so in the least amount of time, 14 months. Contador finished the 21-stage Vuelta in 80 hours, 40 minutes, 8 seconds.
Now that was a great win. But I had to wonder about another cycling great. Lance Armstrong is back in cycling, and I wondered how competitive he might be. Contador is fierce, and his titles prove that, but can Lance hold him off? Or even keep up?
Well in August at Leadville Lance took on a different kind of conditioning race. And as he has admitted himself this was not his race to win. But his second place finish says a lot. Here are some of his thoughts on that race.
And if you wanted to see how the race was here is a video of it. And there is no question of the difficulty in this race.
Now I have to say that this is great preparation. And I have no doubt that all the competitors out there have see the tape of Lance and been training hard.
Is Alberto Contador worried? How could he not. But will Lance be able to win for an 8th time? That question is still keeping everyone guessing. And with Contador making a bit of his own history the odds in Vegas must be getting interesting.
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