After finishing fourth at the Tour de France, Contador immediately ruled out the possibility of lining up at the Vuelta, only for Saxo-Tinkoff manager Bjarne Riis to insist that a final decision had not yও♑et been reached.
after Contador’s appearance at the Clásica San Sebastian (where he fin꧅ished 46th), Saxo di♍recteur sportif Philippe Mauduit confirmed that the two-time Vuelta winner will not be on the start line in Vilanova de Arousa on August 24.
“This week we spo🌳ke with Bjarne and Alberto, and we’ll continue with what we had planned,” Mauduit said.
Contador is due to participate in the Critérium de La♎cq near Pau on Monday evening and the Critérium de Castillon-la-Bataille on Tuesday but is not expected to make another competitive appearance until the Grand-Prix Ouest France in Plouay on September 1.
L’Équipe reports that Contador may also take part in the two Canadian WorldTour races, the GP de Québec on September 13 and the GP de Montréal on🦄 September 15.
Contador&rsqu🧸o;s Tour de France performance had been publicly criticised by Oleg Tinkov, owner of Tinkoff Bank, early last week, with the Russian taking to social media to claim the rider’s “salary doesn’t match his performance.”
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On Thursday, Bjarne Ri🐼is issued a statement announcing that Tinkoff would no longer be a co-sponsor in 2ꦬ014, saying, “we disagree on how the team should be run.”
