Froome wary of Contador threat

Team Saxo-Tinkoff rider Alberto Contador has said he considers Team Sky's Chris Froome as his main rival at this year's Tour de France. Eurosport 25 minutes ago Email 0 Share 0 Tweet 0 Eurosport - Contador Froome Related Content ...

/PRNewswire/ -- Team Saxo-Tinkoff rider, Alberto Contador, believes this year's Tour de France, will be one of the most competitive races in its history, with Britain emerging as a "major force in cycling". (Logo: ...

BRUSSELS: Alberto Contador will be one of the main draws at the Fleche Wallonne classic on Wednesday but the former Tour de France winner claims he wanted to skip the event. The 30-year-old Spaniards participation comes, as something of a surprise ...

on stage 7 of the Critrium du Dauphin , high in the French Alps. Seeing a rock-solid Team Sky, Contador and Rogers teamed up instead against Dennis Rohan (Garmin-Sharp), the impressive young Australian who was hanging in there, to bounce Rogers into ...

Alberto Contador struggled aboard his Specialized Shiv time trial bike during Wednesday's Criterium du Dauphine time trial, finishing in 61st place, 3:37 behind stage winner Tony Martin. But as Martin was on a virtually identical machine, from ...

US-CYCLING-CONTADOR: PARIS (Reuters) - Alberto Contador will ride in the Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day races this week after considering skipping them because of fatigue, the double Tour de France champion said on Monday. "(My ...

PARIS: The eight stage Criterium de Dauphine which begins today in the Swiss city of Champery will give a clear indication of what kind of form Tour de France contenders Chris Froome and Alberto Contador are in ahead of the 100th running of the ...

: Spanish cyclist Joaquin 'Purito' Rodriguez believes that he is one of the main contenders to win the Tour de France beginning at the end of June. The 34-year-old Spaniard has managed podium finishes in the Giro de Italia and Vuelta de Espana ...

Katusha’s ';Purito'; said he’s not discounting his own chances to win, but tipped Chris Froome (Sky) and Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) as the pre-race favorites. ';My intention is to do the best possible result in GC ...