

Stage 2 is all a blur (EFE)

Astana rolls on Stage 2 (Rodolfo Espinosa/MARCA)

Stage 2: Lining out (Rodolfo Espinosa/MARCA)

Contador on a good day (Diego Tuson/AFP/Getty Images)

Don't point that helmet at me! (Rodolfo Espinosa/MARCA)

Friends and foes: Contador, Valverde, and Sastre (EFE)

Perspective on Spain (Diego Tuson/AFP/Getty Images)

Olive snatchers (Diego Tuson/AFP/Getty Images)
Stage 8: Valverde wins on Contador's steam (Diego Tuson/AFP/Getty Images)

Astana controls the tempo (Graham Watson, Astana website)

Girasoles, Stage 10 (AFP)

Alberto Contador with team manager Johan Bruyneel
(Rodolfo Espinosa/MARCA)

Alberto takes a curve on the Angliru (Rodolfo Espinosa/MARCA)

Cheered on by the fans, and the flag, of Asturias (Rodolfo Espinosa/MARCA)

Angliru accomplished (Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)

Bang! (Tim de Waele/Team CSC Gallery)

Contador makes it two in a row in Asturias (Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)

An effervescent mood (Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)
Stage 15: It could've been worse (Rodolfo Espinosa/MARCA)

Flecha yanks the flag from an unfortunate man with antlers (Felix Ordonez/REUTERS)

Custom sunglasses for the Tour/Giro winner (Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)

Alberto signals friends and family from the podium (REUTERS)

It would take an aqueduct to fill all those bidons (Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)

Across the finish line and into history (Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)

Contador and the Triple Crown trophy (Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)

An emotional Contador hears his anthem (Rodolfo Espinosa/MARCA)

El Pistolero de Pinto (Rodolfo Espinosa/MARCA)