{"id":141258,"date":"2016-06-06T12:57:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=141258"},"modified":"2016-06-06T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:58:43","slug":"alberto-contadors-new-team-spaniard-close-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/06\/06\/alberto-contadors-new-team-spaniard-close-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberto Contador\u2019s New Team? The Spaniard Is Close to a Deal!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 33-year-old no longer wants to retire, as he had previously announced, and openly spoke about his future in cycling at the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 pre-race press conference. So what team will it be, Alberto?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll give it 100 per cent. I\u2019ll be doing the same things that I\u2019ve always done, doing the same work, making the same sacrifices that I have always done ever since my first year as a professional. I feel good. I felt that if I\u2019d lost even one per cent of my physical ability then my decision would have been different,\u201d said Contador before winning the prologue of the 2016 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141260\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/06\/profimedia-0289017712.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cI\u2019ll give it 100 per cent. I\u2019ll be doing the same things that I\u2019ve always done, doing the same work, making the same sacrifices that I have always done ever since my first year as a professional. I feel good. I felt that if I\u2019d lost even one per cent of my physical ability then my decision would have been different,\u201d said Contador before winning the prologue of the 2016 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s believed that the Spaniard had numerous offers to choose from, but is now close to signing a two-year deal. His current Tinkoff team is set to fold after this year\u2019s season through a lack of a sponsor. Contador\u2019s decision, however, won\u2019t be official until the August transfer window opens.<\/p>\n<p>What team do you think would be best for the champ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 33-year-old no longer wants to retire, as he had previously announced, and openly spoke about his future in cycling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":141259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[358,438],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-141258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-alberto-contador","tag-criterium-du-dauphine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alberto Contador\u2019s New Team? 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