Leaving Them All Behind
Once the reduced peloton hit the 18 percent gradient of the final climb, it was the veteran, Ivan Basso (Tinkoff Saxo) who dragged his leader, Alberto Contador, off the front. The pair simply road everyone else off of their wheels. This race has been billed as the first big show down between the two big men of the peloton, the other being Chris Froome (Sky), both of whom crashed out of the 2014 Tour de France. With Froome no where in site, it seems like the first head to head race was going to go to the Spaniard, Contador.