But he had always been a potential Tour champion.
Mr. Raue was shocked when Mr. Lowry named cities on the potential tour: London, Paris, Madrid and Frankfurt.
Among the handful of other potential Tour contenders is now Frank Schleck, the third-place finisher in the 2011 Tour.
Though Contador's skills in the time trial are much better than Schleck's — he beat him by 1 45 at last year's time trial — he did not want to rejoice over a potential Tour victory too soon.
To that end, the union contacted several Broadway shows on Saturday night directly with an offer of an interim agreement, covering salary, health plans and most significantly, a tiered salary structure for any potential tour, a major sticking point in the talks with the league.
The "Krapp's Last Tape" script, written in English (an Irish-born Parisian, Beckett often wrote in French) and first produced in New York in 1960, is a potential tour de force, but it has to be appealing to an actor for a second reason: a lot of the dialogue has been prerecorded.
Another of Froome's potential Tour de France rivals, Vincenzo Nibali, trailed home eighth, 13 seconds behind.
It's a self-serve model although AnyRoad curates the marketplace and doesn't let every potential tour onto the platform.
The deal will include at least two TV ads and a potential tour sponsored by Pepsi, along with radio and Internet ads.
After his initial tweets, Froome then expanded on his comments in an interview with Cycling News, claiming that leading riders and potential Tour rivals Nibali and Contador ad also not been tested while on the island.
