Cycling-Contador 追加するs second Giro to grand 小旅行する collection
MILAN, May 31 (Reuters) - Alberto Contador 高めるd his status as one of the greatest grand 小旅行する riders when the Spaniard clinched his second Giro d'Italia 肩書を与える on Sunday after finishing 安全に in the bunch in the final 行う／開催する／段階 won by ベルギー Iljo Keisse.
The Tinkoff-Saxo leader, who won the three-week race for the first time in 2008, became the second rider after Frenchman Bernard Hinault to have won the three grand 小旅行するs (小旅行する de フラン, Giro, Vuelta) at least twice.
His seventh 肩書を与える also takes the 32-year-old up to fourth place in the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of the かつてない grand 小旅行する 勝利者s behind Eddy Merckx (11), Hinault (10) and Jacques Anquetil (8), and level with Miguel Indurain and Fausto Coppi.
Contador, who lost his 2010 小旅行する and 2011 Giro 肩書を与えるs after a 肯定的な 麻薬 実験（する）, will now 試みる／企てる to become the first rider since the late Marco Pantani in 1998 to 達成する the Giro/小旅行する 二塁打.
"It has been a beautiful Giro and a very special experience for me. I don't know how long it will take to 回復する. I'm tired and I know it will take time. It has been an emotional Giro for me," Contador, who is 始める，決める to retire at the end of next season, told reporters.
競争 on the 小旅行する will be 猛烈な／残忍な as most of the pretenders were not competing in the Giro -- Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali and Thibaut Pinot -- having 選ぶd to 単独で 焦点（を合わせる） on the world's greatest 行う／開催する／段階 race in July.
Contador finished the Giro on e minute 53 seconds ahead of up-and-coming Italian Fabio Aru, who took every 適切な時期 with a strong Astana team to attack the Spaniard.
A 59.4-km flat time 裁判，公判, however 結局 cost him dearly and Contador hung on for dear life in the final mountain 行う／開催する／段階 in Saturday after both riders, and Astana's Mikel Landa -- third 全体にわたる 3:05 off the pace -- 貿易（する）d blows throughout.
Sunday's 行う／開催する／段階 was a mere parade for Contador, whose outspoken team owner and 経営者／支配人 Oleg Tinkov 明かすd pink-dyed hair.
Contador often 設立する himself 孤立するd against Astana in the mountain 行う／開催する／段階s but the Spaniard lived up to his 評判 as 存在 a 堅い nut to 割れ目, 顕著に when he 反対するd Aru in the 16th 行う／開催する／段階 after 存在 attacked by Astana as he 苦しむd a mechanical before the climb up to the punishing Mortirolo.
Landa 勝つ／広く一帯に広がるd on that day but it signalled the end of Aru's ambition of 全体にわたる victory.
Contador now 長，率いるs to a 残り／休憩（する） period before taking part in the 大勝する du Sud from June 18-21 and the 小旅行する de フラン, which starts from Utrecht, Netherlands, on July 4. (令状ing by Julien Pretot; Editing by Justin Palmer/示す Meadows)
