Alberto Contador on Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Peter Sagan and Tour de France 2022 dark horses

Alberto Contador has outlined who he thinks could challenge Tadej Pogacar as he bids to win the Tour de France for a third year in a row. Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has emerged as the dominant force at the Tour and is the favourite to secure another yellow jersey when the race starts in Denmark on July 1.

Ad/> Pogacar is the two-time defending champion and comes into this year’s Tour looking in strong form. Tour de FranceContador rates Tour chances for Thomas, Yates, not ruling out Cav return16 HOURS AGO But two-time winner Contador thinks Jumbo-Visma duo Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard could test Pogacar.

Vingegaard finished second at the Tour a year ago and Eurosport’s cycling expert Contador said: “He's a rider who put Pogacar in trouble and we know he's very strong as we saw in the Dauphine [when Vingegaard finished second behind Roglic].” Pogacar’s fellow Slovenian Roglic is a three-time Vuelta a Espana winner and finished second at the Tour in 2020. Jumbo-Visma boss tests positive for Covid-19 Tour de France 2022: Every stage assessed “It will be a very important duel because they know each other well and other teams will try to benefit from this rivalry,” said Contador.

“In fact, the duel will be Pogacar vs Jumbo in reality because not only Roglic will be watching.” On Pogacar, Contador added: “He is a favourite not only because of his recent victories but also because he has won the last two editions of the Tour de France because that gives you a plus of experience and hierarchy. “Right now, he's the rider everyone wants to beat in the Tour de France.