Heading into the team’s final ever Grand Tour, Tinkoff directeur sportif Steven de Jongh is hopeful that the Russian squad can propel Alberto Contador to his fourth Vuetla a Espana win before disbanding at the end of the season.
Contador had targeted the Vuelta a Espana ever since crashing out of the Tour de France in July and warmed up for his home grand tour with a win in the Tour of Burgos earlier this month. The Vuelta, however, will be a far sterner test with Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) among the Spaniard’s main rivals.
For de Jongh, the main objective is to close out the team with a final grand tour victory.
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“It’s sad but we also want to give things a good ending. Our main goal is to bring Alberto to Madrid in the best possible position,” de Jongh told Cyclingnews.
In July Tinkoff looked far from harmonious at times and even though Peter Sagan came away with several stages, the Green jersey and Rafal Majka claimed the king of the mountains competition, there were question marks around rider loyalty towards Contador.
De Jongh asserted that there would be no such problems this time around that the entire squad would be pulling in the same direction.
“What’s clear is that we only have one goal and that’s helping Alberto win the Vuelta. I don’t see there being a problem. Alberto is in good condition so all the riders know what to do. None of the riders are in trouble for next year so we’ll have a good team,” he added.
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