Cycling: Spain's Contador wins Vuelta a Espana

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Reuters

Published Sunday, September 09, 2012

Alberto Contador of Spain won the 2012 Vuelta a Espana cycling race on Sunday.

It was the fifth Grand Tour win for Contador, who returned from a two-year doping ban on August 6, and his second Vuelta win after victory in 2008.

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