Filed under: CyclingPARIS -- One day, his billowing resume is being celebrated by the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. The next, he is taking pictures on the podium with Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise, who are using the face of the Tour de France to help promote their critically savaged movie. "Of course, I've seen a lot of your films, but it's a little bit strange seeing you up close," he told the actors sheepishly, signing a yellow jersey for Diaz.
Did he fetch her phone number, by chance? "I didn't get that far," he said later, laughing.
His name, it should be noted, is not Lance Armstrong.
Rather, it is Alberto Contador, unequivocally the new king of cycling, who will clinch his third Tour victory in four years Sunday with a sip of champagne on the Champs-Elysees and, at 27, already is hearing questions about his own potential legacy in the sport. Such as: Can he eclipse Armstrong's record of seven Tour victories?NBA
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