Alberto Contador sees Jonas Vingegaard as the absolute top favorite to win the Vuelta. According to the Spaniard, the Dane has nothing left to prove. "Everyone knows that Vingegaard is the second-best Grand Tour rider in the world after Pogacar. If he doesn’t win the Vuelta, that would be quite a surprise."
"At the same time, in my opinion, he has nothing to prove when you look at what he has done in recent years at the Tour de France," he continues on Eurosport. "So Vingegaard is clearly my top favorite, but of course: there are so many things that can happen during a Grand Tour."
"This is his second Grand Tour of the year after the Tour de France, so we’ll see how he has recovered from the Tour. In theory, he should be much stronger than the rest."
According to Contador, Visma | Lease a Bike should also set a second goal for this Vuelta: winning stages. "Visma has such a big budget and such a large team. That’s why they should aim to take as many stage wins as possible. With eight tough uphill finishes, there are many stages that Vingegaard can win."
