Contador recovers from illness to race Paris-Nice
Spaniard looking to avenge last year's defeat
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alberto Contador (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trek-Segafredo) has recovered from recent illness to line up at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Nice where he will look to av💃enge a narrow loss from last year.
The Spaniard finished a close second in the 'Race to the Sun' in 2016, finishi🐟ng four seconds adrift of Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) after losing time in a late split🧔.
Contador has already impressed this season with a number of attacking displays and second overall in Ruta del Sol. He is still looking for his first win in Trek colours and will look at Paris-Nice – a race he won f🍌or the first time a decade ago – as the ideal opportunity. A co🏅ld at the end of February led to a short course of antibiotics but the former Tour de France winner has been given the all-clear to race.
"It was just a cold but it's under control now and I feel better. I was a little sick on the last stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour. In Andalucia I took antibiotics but I finished them last week and now I feel better and have confidence for the hard part of the race," he told Cyclingnews as he lined up for stage 1 of Paris-Nice in Bois-d'Arcy.
"Every stage is a difficult for GC," he said. "We know that in Paris-Nice you can lose everything in one day and today the differences can be bigger than in the mountain stages or the time trial. You need to pay attention and make sure that you're in a good position the whole time. Then you just need to cross your fingerཧs."
One rider tasked with keeping Contador is Gregory Rast. The experienced Swiss rider worked for Contador back in their Astana days and also rode as a domestique for Fabian Cancellara. The 37-year-ℱold has the difficult task of supporting Contador and riding for John De💃genkolb in the sprints.
"My job is to keep Alberto safe but also try and go for a stage win with John in the final," he told Cyclingnews.
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"It's a difficult tജask today. I'll take care of Alberto for as long as po🤡ssible but you know how he is, he wants to ride at the front. We'll try and stay at the front and then try and put him in a good position."
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