{"id":172110,"date":"2019-01-23T11:57:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T11:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=172110"},"modified":"2019-01-23T11:57:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T11:57:40","slug":"alberto-contador-doesnt-miss-fear-of-crashes-and-being-slave-to-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/01\/23\/alberto-contador-doesnt-miss-fear-of-crashes-and-being-slave-to-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberto Contador Doesn\u2019t Miss Fear of Crashes and Being Slave to Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The retired El Pistolero admitted in an interview for La Gazzetta dello Sport that he misses the taste of competition as he is a born racer. There are, however, some things he wasn\u2019t fond of in his pro racing days. The Spaniard\u2019s Grand Tour runs were affected by several crashes, such as the three collisions in the opening week of the 2011 Grande Boucle. Nevertheless, Contador managed to win 7 Grand Tours in total. So, it\u2019s no surprise that the Spanish paper was after his thought on this year\u2019s possible winners.<\/strong>
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\u201cYes, he can,\u201d Contador said after being asked if Froome can win a fifth Tour title. \u201cHe has it in his legs as well as having a team like Sky that I imagine will be by his side after Thomas took good advantage of his chance last year. Chris has many possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Froome is skipping Giro this year to focus solely on the Tour de France, the Italian Grand Tour is up for grabs to the rest of Team Sky. So, who is going to be the British team\u2019s leader? Contador favours Bernal over Thomas.<\/p>\n

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Massive thank you to @eganbernal<\/a> today, he\u2019s got an amazing future ahead of him \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf4\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf4 #TDF2018<\/a>
\ud83d\udcf8 @therussellellis<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XQvzSRcBMQ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) July 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n