A couple more of my portraits of Team Astana rider and past Tour de France winner Alberto Contador made it into the new Summer 2009 issue of Cycle Sport Magazine; one in the Opinion section which comments on rumours of Contador’s departure from the Astana team to join Spanish team Caisse d’Epargne, and the large one featured above as the illustration for his pre-Tour profile in a section of the magazine dedicated to each of this year’s Tour De France favourites. Contador’s Cycle Sport profile describes him as ‘…the logical favourite for the Tour. He won it two years ago, and is now more experienced, although he’s never quite matched the scintillating attacking form and climbing speed he had in 2007.’ Just three days to go now before the 2009 Tour de France kicks off with a hilly 15.5KM time trial in Monaco.
