Alberto Contador is
trying his luck in the classics but do not get the Spaniard wrong –
it’s still all about the Tour de France for him.
The twice Tour de France champion, who also has Giro d’Italia and
Vuelta a Espana triumphs under his belt, came close to another victory
when he finished third in Wednesday’s Fleche Wallonne, a one-day race
in the Ardennes region.
Contador, 27, will give the classics another go at the
Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday, a far cry from the glamour of the Tour
de France although the world’s greatest race will also go through the
same region in its first week.
“The big objective is the Tour de France. So although I want to win
every race if I can, I never forget about that,” the Astana rider said
following a morning ride to Maastricht where he stopped to enjoy a hot
chocolate in the sun with his team mates.
