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Updated Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:56 am TWN, AP

Three-time Tour de France winner Contador holds aloft the winners trophy on the podium after the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France on Sunday. (AP)

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Contador wins 3rd Tour in 4 years

Armstrong is the most successful Tour rider ever, with his wins from 1999 to 2005. His last ride in this, his favorite race, began in controversy and ended under a cloud of suspicion, following accusations by former teammate Floyd Landis that Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs to win.

Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour title after a positive test and later admitted doping. His allegations against Armstrong and others helped launch a federal investigation. Armstrong has never tested positive and as he has in the past, again denied any involvement in doping.

On Sunday, his RadioShack team was temporarily barred from starting for wearing an improper jersey — and the race started about 15 minutes late as a result.

TV images showed Armstrong and his teammates putting on normal jerseys with their correct race numbers after they tried to wear a black jersey with “28” on the back. The figure was chosen to honor 28 million people fighting cancer, one of the themes Armstrong's Livestrong Foundation focuses on.

But International Cycling Union officials said Armstrong and his teammates had to wear the official race numbers, according to UCI rules.

With his victory, Contador became only the second rider in the past 20 years of Tour history to win the race without a single stage victory — a sign he's increasingly following Armstrong's methodical approach to Tour success. They were uneasy teammates on Astana last year.

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