Alberto Contador has signed a new deal which will keep him at Tinkoff Saxo until December 2016.
The Spaniard was in good form last season, winning the Vuelta a España, the Tirreno-Adriatico and Vuelta al País Vasco and second places in the Critérium du Dauphiné and Volta a Catalunya and speaking about his new deal, Contador told his team's website “For me it was something very important. I knew I could not wait much more because if I had to choose another option it should have been done much in advance, in order to adequately prepare the team. We have been thoroughly assessing all aspects and in Tinkoff-Saxo we have a group that can fully guarantee the challenge of the Grand Tours.
It is true that it was important for 2016 to have these guarantees and for that reason I am very happy to have closed the deal. It is already five years that I have been working with Bjarne Riis and the possibility to continue for another year is satisfying.
I would like to thank all the team’s sponsors, Tinkoff Bank, Saxo Bank and Oleg Tinkov for their support. I am very happy and I look forward to start racing.”
Bjarne Rjis, team manager of Tinkoff Saxo said: "I am, obviously, very happy Alberto extended his contract with Tinkoff-Saxo. Everybody knows I am a big fan of his and I look forward to working with him for another year. It’s also extremely important for the team to have as a leader a champion of his caliber.
This will be a very important year for Alberto and I’m confident it is going to be a good one. I have built a big part of the team around him and Tinkoff-Saxo will continue to fully support him.
I believe that this is the best decision that Alberto could have made.”