Praise for Tenerife from world’s greatest cyclist

Lance Armstrong, seven times Tour de France winner, who recently announced his return to competitive cycling, and Jose Contador, this year’s tour winner, are both members of the Astana team, and while Contador told the assembled world sporting press in Tenerife that “it’s not easy” working together, but there have been no problems so far. Armstrong had words of praise for Tenerife, stating it was “one of the best places in the world for training”. The 37 year old American returns to the world’s cycling stage after three years, and while he has stated that he is back to prove that he can still be a winner, he paid tribute to Contador, and his “special ability to read the road”, adding that “ he is not the world’s number one for nothing”