Alberto Contador was pulled over by police for cycling without lights while training for his Tour de France defence.
The Spaniard was undergoing specialist training on the descent of the Galibier pass in the Alps for the mountain stages of the Tour when a policeman brought him to a halt.Spokesman Jacinto Vidarte said the officer told the three-times Tour winner that he was not visible enough on a road that snakes through dark tunnels.
Vidarte told Associated Press that Saxo Bank rider Contador argued that his team's cars were lighting his way sufficiently, but was forced to give up and "put his bike in the car".
Contador was suspended from cycling in September after traces of clenbuterol were found in his urine from during the 2010 Tour.
The one-year ban was lifted in February when the Spanish cycling federation accepted his explanation that he had eaten contaminated meat.
He won the Giro d'Italia for a second time at the end of May and has also won the other Grand Tour, the Vuelta a Espana - in 2008.
The Tour starts on July 2.
Note: This was copied directly from the linked website. I did not write the article. (http://asia.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-france/2010/cop-pulls-over-contador_sto2835531/story.shtml)
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