Contador to carry on competing in wake of Basque triumph


  • Cycling
  • Sunday, 10 Apr 2016

Alberto Contador (front) of Spain takes part in the Maeglerens Grand Prix street race in Aalborg, Denmark August 18, 2015. REUTERS/Henning Bagger/Scanpix Denmark

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's twice Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has vowed to continue competing for at least another year after claiming the Tour of the Basque Country title on Saturday.

Contador, 33, declared last year he would retire at the end of the 2016 season but after his Basque triumph with victory in the time trial, he said he would shelve plans to stop racing.

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