The three grand tours of 2009 are in the books. Here are the top three riders in each:
Giro d'Italia: Russian Denis Menchov, Italian Danilo Di Luca, Italian Franco Pellizotti.
Tour de France: Spaniard Alberto Contador, Luxembourgian Andy Schleck, American Lance Armstrong.
Vuelta a Espana: Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, Spaniard Samuel Sanchez, Australian Cadel Evans.
The Spaniards did best. I wonder why the French no longer produce grand-tour champions. Oh, wait. They're surrender monkeys.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 