Solid team support for Contador in Tour bid
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June 20, 2013, Thursday
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ALBERTO Contador will be supported by Michael Rogers, Roman Kreuziger and Nicolas Roche as he bids for a third Tour de France title in a Team Saxo-Tinkoff squad without a Danish rider, the team said yesterday.
"On a personal level it has been a tough decision for me to not have a Danish rider in the lineup," team owner Bjarne Riis of Denmark said in a team statement.
"But we have committed ourselves to go with the group we believe has the best composition to achieve our overall goal."
In that regard, Spaniard Contador, who missed last year's race because he was suspended for doping in the previous edition, will be very well supported.
Australian Rogers was Team Sky's road captain when Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour last year, while solid climbers Czech Kreuziger and Irishman Roche have put aside personal ambition to help Contador net a third Tour title.
Meanwhile, Luxembourg's Andy Schleck will return to lead the RadioShack Leopard Trek team. Schleck missed last year's Tour due to a pelvis fracture and the three-time Tour podium finisher has since struggled to regain his form.
In German Andreas Kloeden and Spaniard Haimar Zubeldia, the team has two other Tour specialists: Kloeden has finished second overall twice and Zubeldia has four top-10 general classification finishes.
"On a personal level it has been a tough decision for me to not have a Danish rider in the lineup," team owner Bjarne Riis of Denmark said in a team statement.
"But we have committed ourselves to go with the group we believe has the best composition to achieve our overall goal."
In that regard, Spaniard Contador, who missed last year's race because he was suspended for doping in the previous edition, will be very well supported.
Australian Rogers was Team Sky's road captain when Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour last year, while solid climbers Czech Kreuziger and Irishman Roche have put aside personal ambition to help Contador net a third Tour title.
Meanwhile, Luxembourg's Andy Schleck will return to lead the RadioShack Leopard Trek team. Schleck missed last year's Tour due to a pelvis fracture and the three-time Tour podium finisher has since struggled to regain his form.
In German Andreas Kloeden and Spaniard Haimar Zubeldia, the team has two other Tour specialists: Kloeden has finished second overall twice and Zubeldia has four top-10 general classification finishes.
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