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Minutes after stage 1 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Volta a Catalunya had concluded, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) looked weary but relieved as he stood a good hundred metres away from the photographers and journalists milling around theꦍ finish line and reflected on a fraught but ultimately uneventful opening day's racing.

Co🃏mpared with the opening stage of Paris-Nice, where Contador was caught out in the crosswinds and lost time, the Spanish racer came come through the Volta's opening stage in the same time as all the other favourites and with his general classification options i♕ntact.

"It was very fast for a large part of the day," Contador, 57th on the stage, said afterwards to Cyclingnews amongst a small group of reporters.🗹 "I had to be very attentive. The important thing has been to save energy thinking about [Tuesday's] stage, which will be a crucial day all round.

"We'll try to do the best team time trial w🔯e can and we'll see where we finish," he said, naming "Sky, BMC and Movistar🦋" as the top favourites, "and it's also true that they are amongst the big favourites for the overall as well."

Contador recognised that such a long team time trial in a week-long stage race, "is something which will have a huge effect on the race overall, and it'll shaღpe the fight for GC. But I've got a great team, and I'm fully confident in what they can do."

In the 2017 Tirreno-Ad✅riatico's 22km race against the clock, Trek-Segafredo finished in 12th spot, 58 seconds down on winners BMC Racing. On Tuesday, Contador will doubtless be hoping for a much better performance all round.

Contador's team will start Tuesday's race agai꧟nst the clock fourth out of 25 teams.