Former stage racing great Alberto Contador believes that if the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia are both conquered by Tadej Pogačar this year, the Slovenian will go for an unprecedented ‘triple’ and try to win the Vuelta a España as well.
With the Giro and Vuelta often overlapping in the calendar until 1995, no rider has ever tried to win all three of cycling’s top stage races in the same year. However, Contador has previously said that with a stronger team and before he retired in 2017, he could have at least had a go himself at taking the ‘triple Grand Tour Crown’.
