Let ALBERTO RIDE

Alberto Contador is resigning himself to not be a part of the 2008 Tour de France. He is racing in other races on the calendar such as the Tour de Murcia instead of Paris-Nice. His big goal for the year will be the Olympic Road Race in Beijing and any other non ASO race.

“I swear that I don’t think about,” he continued. “To the contrary, I think that the best races are the ones where I am, like now at the Vuelta a Murcia. I imagine the closer I get to the dates, it will be harder, but right now, with the exception of Paris-Nice, which I switched for Murcia, I am going to keep the same objectives.”

Contador does not regret signing with Astana for 2008. At the time no one would have imaginged the revamped team to not get the nod for a Tour invite especially with the defending Tour champ on the roster.

“It doesn’t do any good to keep going over it. I took the decision I had to make and I don’t regret it,” he said. “They were undergoing a new project, I saw that everything was different, including an internal anti-doping system to erase any suspicion. Everything was so serious and so professional that it seemed it was safer to sign with Astana instead of other teams. I cannot regret something I fully considered.”

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