Contador shows impressive pre-Tour form with Tirreno-Adriatico win
Sir Bradley Wiggins was third in the final stage time-trial as Alberto Contador won Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy.
Wiggins (Team Sky), the 2012 Tour de France champion and Olympic time-trial champion, finished the 9.1-kilometre course in San Benedetto del Tronto in 10 minutes 24 seconds as Adriano Malori (Movistar) won the stage in 10mins 13secs.
Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo), the 2007 and 2009 Tour winner who held an advantage of more than two minutes entering the final day, was 29th on the stage to comfortably take the overall honours ahead of Nairo Quintana (Movistar), the 2013 Tour runner-up.