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TOUR DE FRANCE 2007


Halcyon days

Band of brothers (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

Strongman

Vaitkus...sees a mouse? (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

Comrades at arms

What will the journey bring? (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

Pre-Tour training, July 5

Pre-Tour training (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)

Noval knows his heart

Benjamin Noval, doctor of cardioschtickamatology
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


TDF 2007 Prologue

London prologue (FRANK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

Tour de France stage 1

Contador in the eye of the peloton (Graham Watson, The Paceline)

Crowd and peloton in Britain

Beset by British fans (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)

Comforting injured Vaitkus

Stage 2: Tomas Vaitkus' thumb is broken in five places
(Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)


Messed up

Stage 6: Benjamin Noval limps to the finish
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


In stitches

Noval suffers for Contador
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


Mental preparation

Pre-stage concentration...
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


Warm and sunny

...and relaxation
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


Tour de France stage 9

Stage 9 (Graham Watson, The Paceline)

Cycle-luge

On top of the world (AFP PHOTO)

Stage 9 Alberto looks like he knows something…he does.

Wink, wink; nudge, nudge (Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)

Stage 10, TDF 07

Strong magic in white
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


The Devil may care

The Devil's real name is Didi
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


Autograph

The Best Young Rider always remembers his fans
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


Diddle, diddle, dumpling

Contador swaps shoes before a hot day on the road
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


Alberto and Co.

We few, we happy few... (Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


BestYoung Rider

On form for a crucial TT (Graham Watson/The Paceline)

Tour de France stage 14

Stage 14: He attacks (Graham Watson, The Paceline)

Plateau de Beille

Alberto takes Plateau de Beille (Graham Watson/The Paceline)

Strong language

Not intimidated (Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)

Tour de France stage 16

Contador mano a mano with Rasmussen (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)

Tour de France

Rear view on Stage 16 (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)

Tour de France 2007

Out of gas on the Aubisque (Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com)

Tour de France stage 17

A grim Contador dons yellow (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)

Contador's blue train

Embedded (Graham Watson, The Paceline)

Ride for your life

Contador rides for his life (EFE)

Tour de France, stage 19

Stage 19: Contador earns the title (Graham Watson/The Paceline)

Tour de France 2007

Victory lap
(Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)


Tour de France 2007

All the world is Stage 20 (Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)

Tour de France 2007

The Hug (Elizabeth Kreutz/KreutzPhotography.com/The Paceline)

Tour de France stage 20

Discovery wins the team title (Luc Claessen)

Tour de France stage 20

Alberto with fiancée and mom (Luc Claessen)


King, for 364 days

Contador on the Champs Elysees (DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)


All text © 2007-2008 Rebecca Bell, contadorfans@hotmail.com.
Web design by Nicky Orr and Modem Operandi. Masthead photo credits: (1) bbc.co.uk (2) Liz Kreutz, kreutzphotography.com.