Contador: "I have more to gain than to lose"

Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo): “I'm happy. I would have been very happy if I'd won the stage, but I'm happy. Furthermore, I didn't have time checks. I didn't know what the gaps were with my rivals, I was bit in the unknown. It was a good time-trial, and I'm even more motivated because the legs didn't hurt when I woke up. That means we made the most of the rest day and now let's see what we can do in this this last week. I knew it would be almost impossible for me to win such a flat time-trial. A climb would have favoured me but winning was impossible. It's getting more complicated to finish on the podium because my rivals, (Ilnur) Zakarin and (Wilco) Kelderman did a better time-trial than me. I have five more days as a professional rider and I have more to gain than to lose.”