Volta ao Algarve Photos; Stage 1: Estádio Algarve → Albufeira
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Tour de France champion Alberto Contador returned to competition just one day after his provisional one-year ban for doping was lifted. The 28-year-old had been suspended provisionally since August after testing positive for a small amount of the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol, but the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFCEC) on Tuesday lifted the ban.		share this photo
Just like last year, Volta ao Algarve is Alberto Contador's first race since winning the Tour de France the previous summer		share this photo
The damp rollout in Estádio Algarve		share this photo
Tiago Machado (Team Radioshack) and the peloton heading inland for some hills...		share this photo
... where a four-man break got away consisting of Arturo Mora Ortiz (Caja Rural), Christian Meier (UnitedHealthcare), Ricardo Mestre (Tavira) and César Fonte (Barbot-Efapel)		share this photo
The peloton		share this photo
Portuguese architecture on an ominous day weather-wise		share this photo
The break soldiering on building up a maximum lead of seven minutes		share this photo
No panic in the peloton with Sky, Garmin-Cervelo and Omega Pharma-Lotto setting the pace at the front		share this photo
Alberto Contador animated the end of stage 1 last year, but he probably found solace in the peloton today		share this photo
Ricardo Mestre (Tavira) was the last break survivor before being picked up with 16 km to go		share this photo
It was on these hills that...		share this photo
... Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) successfully attacked in the final km		share this photo
Omega Pharma-Lotto normally doesn't win this early in the season ;-)		share this photo
Gerald Ciolek (Quick Step) won the sprint for second (+ 5s) while Gilbert's Omega Pharma-Lotto teammate André Greipel (on the outside) was third		share this photo
Your stage 1 winner		share this photo
Gilbert picks up his first win of the year after opening his season at the Mallorca Challenge in Spain earlier in the month		share this photo
Ricardo Mestre (Tavira) leads the mountains classification		share this photo
With bonus time at the line, Philippe Gilbert will take a 9s lead into Stage 2		share this photo
The day starts and end with the focus on Alberto Contador: Alberto Contador relishes return to racing in Tour of Algarve (AP)		share this photo
Volta ao Algarve Photos; Stage 1: Estádio Algarve → Albufeira
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