Alberto Contador will take part in this year’s Vuelta a España on August 23 in Jerez de le Frontera.
Alberto Contador. Photo: Cyclingnews
The two-time champion released a surprise video message confirming that he would be on the start line of the event.
“I’ve been riding my bike for last ten days, and yesterday was the first day I could climb a mountain pass without knee pain, and that excites me, motivates me and led me to take the decision that I will ride the Tour of Spain,” Contador said in the video.
The Tinkoff-Saxo rider admits that he is unlikely to be a genuine contender for the overall classification, but that isn’t going to hold him back.
“I know it’s a Vuelta a España that I’ll have to take in a very different way than I had thought earlier in the season, or as I planned the Tour. I think it can be very good for me, thinking about the end of the season and either to start next year with guaranties, and perhaps in the last week I could be fighting for a stage win,” he said.
“Thanks to the work of the specialists who have treated me I could recover in record time. Am deeply grateful to them all,” said Contador. “Now I’ll try to do my best in this last week until the start, see you all in Jerez.” – Cyclingnews
