Relive the Tour de France for 2009 on this 3 DVD set from SBS

Contador Takes Two!

Although media speculation prior to the 2009 Tour de France, obsessively focused on the return of Lance Armstrong and his attempt to win another Tour at the age of 37, and if Lance could get around the conflict with Alberto Contador, his teammate and 2007 winner, but cold reality trumped fanciful pre-race narratives. The Spaniard, a decade younger and clearly stronger as the race progressed, steered clear of the press pool and stoically showed his superiority.

Lance Armstrong joining forces with Spanish teammate and the Tour's 2007 winner, Alberto Contador for Team Astana. Two-time runner-up Cadel Evans striving forwards, along with 6 more Australians  including German-Australian, Heinrich Haussler. The rise of sprinting phenomenon Mark Cavendish who became the most successful sprinter in the Tour's 106 year history.

21 stages: 10 flat stages; 7 mountain stages; 1 medium mountain stage; 2 individual time-trial stages; 1 team time-trial stage

Distinctive aspects: 3 mountain finishes; 2 rest days; 55 kilometres of individual time-trials; 20 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes to be climbed; 8 new stop-over towns. In
2009, the 20th stage was the Ventoux mountain.

Relive the gruelling race, gorgeous countryside and glorious moments of the 96th Tour de France, held 4-26 July 2009 and covering 3,500 kilometres.

From the Mediterranean coastline to the peaks of the Pyrenees and the brutal climbs of the Alps, the Tour is breathtaking for those watching, but an epic and gruelling 21-day
rollercoaster ride for the "warriors of the road". Never before in the history of the event has a mountain been on the programme the day before the finish in Paris.

DVDs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen
Running Time: 525 mins
Format: PAL