Contador aims to bridge GC gap in the mountains
Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) is currently sitting in 2:50 minutes behind the the overall race leader Maciej Paterski (CCC Sprandi Polkowice) after the second stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. The Spaniard is hoping to close that gap in the upcoming mountainous stage 4 from Tona to La Molina on Thursday.
“With the advantage that they have in the GC it will probably be very difficult and hard to fight for the overall win from behind,” Contador said. “In any case, Catalunya is my last race before the Giro so I want to test myself before leaving the race. We will try to use any possibility to take time in the GC, maybe tomorrow or maybe to La Molina on stage 4. It is not the best climb but for sure we will try something.”
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Paterski is leading the overall classification by four seconds ahead of Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and eight seconds ahead of Bart De Clercq (Lotto Soudal), after the trio made up the successful breakaway on stage 1 that saw GC favourites like Contador and Chris Froome (Team Sky) lose 2:40 minutes.
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