Contador in Yellow!

Alberto Contador pulled on his first yellow jersey of the Tour de France after completing today's long stage from Pau to Castelsarrasin, a stage which saw no yellow jersey have Rasmussen was sacked by his team and ousted by the Tour.

The young Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team rider deserves to be in yellow. He rode strong in the Alps and the Pyrenees giving Rasmussen a run for his money. His performance has something to behold as he repeatedly animated this Tour de France. A strong time trial on Saturday should yield an amazing Tour de France win for the young Contador.

Tour de France General Classification after Stage 17:
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80.42.08
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.53
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.49
4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6.02
5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.29
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.18
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 11.36
8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.50
9 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13.31

King of the Mountains Classification after Stage 17:
1 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 206 pts
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 92

Sprint Classification after Stage 17:
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 212 pts
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 190
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 187

Team Classification after Stage 17:
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 242.20.41
2 Team CSC 15.22
3 Caisse D'Epargne 16.48
4 Rabobank 35.00
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.04