Germany's Tony Martin powers to time trial victory in Tour of the Basque Country; Alberto Contador wins Tour of Basque Country for Team Tinkoff-Saxo.

#paisvasco Alberto Contador soloes to stage 1 victory in Tour of the Basque Country 2014.

Earlier today Team Tinkoff-Saxo Bank's Alberto Contador won the 2014 edition of the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race to signal a return to form after a meager 2013 season without a victory in stage races.

Adriano Malori wins stage 7 for Team Movistar - Canyon Bikes ; Alberto Contador wins Tirreno-Adriatico 2014.

Alberto Contador wins stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2014 and takes overall race lead.

Alberto Contador wins stage 4 of this year's Tirreno-Adriatico ahead of Nairo Quintana and Daniel Moreno; Michal Kwiatkowski remains overall race leader.

Team Tinkoff-Saxo's Alberto Contador showed true determinism in today’s stage 4 of the 2014 Volta ao Algarve. Being in second position in the overall rankings before today's stage, with a time gap of 32 seconds to the leading rider Michael Kwiatkowski (Omega-Pharma-QuickStep), Contador's recipe for success was called "attack."

The Saxo-Tinkoff team led by former Tour de France champion Alberto Contador have received a sponsorship boost from Saxo Bank that will keep the team going next year.

Bus sandwiches, disrespect for a former Tour champion, and funny glasses were all on the menu. Tour de France viewers and spectators yesterday experienced what may have been the most unprofessional and disorganized start of a Tour de France in its entire history.

This time of year means two things: Doping accusations and Tour de France predictions.