Tinkoff-Saxo team rider Alberto Contador of Spain (L) talks with his team mate Peter Sagan of Slovakia during a team training session in Utrecht, Netherlands, July 2, 2015. The 2015 Tour de France cycling race will start in Utrecht, on Saturday July 4. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
UTRECHT, Netherlands (Reuters) - The Giro/Tour de France double would be a career-changing achievement, Alberto Contador said on Thursday as he embarks on a the world's greatest cycling race less than two months after winning in Italy.
The Spaniard, who has won seven grand tours since his maiden Tour title in 2007, is one of four pre-race favourites along with Britain's Chris Froome, Italian defending champion Vincenzo Nibali and Colombian Nairo Quintana.
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