Contador: Froome and Aru can no longer win the Giro d'Italia

Recently retired Grand Tour specialist Alberto Contador has told Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport that Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) can no longer win the Giro d'Italia this year.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.