Route du Sud for Contador and Quintana
Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) will have spent 40 days away from racing by the time the Giro d’Italia gets underway in San Remo on May 9, but the Spaniard will not face a similar lay-off between the corsa rosa and the Tour de France.
As Contador bids to become the first man since Marco Pantani in 1998 to land the Giro-Tour double, L’Équipe reports that he will break up the 33-day gap between the two races by participating in the Route du Sud, which takes place from June 18-21.
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The route of four-day race in the Pyrenees was unveiled on Wednesday and stage three from Izaourt to Bagnères-de-Luchon features three mountain passes, the Haut-Balestas, the Col du Val Louron-Azet and the Port de Balès, where Contador famously attacked Andy Schleck at the 2010 Tour de France.
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) is also set to take part in the Route du Sud, which will be his sole race between the Tour de Romandie, where he is currently competing, and the start of the Tour in Utrecht on July 4. Quintana will return to Colombia after the Tour de Romandie for a lengthy spell of altitude training, before travelling to Europe in time for the Route du Sud.
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