Contador makes small steps towards third Tour de France win

Alberto Contador, Tour de France 2010, stage 15

Alberto Contador's path to his third Tour de France win has covered in baby steps and not the giant strides seen in the past. A few seconds there and some here have added to put him in winning position for Sunday in Paris.

"This Tour was pretty difficult due to some of the stages that you thought would be normal, but turned out to be critical," said team Astana's sports director, Giuseppe Martinelli.

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