According to reports in the local Italian media, Alberto Contador is currently in Italy to study the 2015 Giro d’Italia route with his teammate Ivan Basso. The Tinkoff Saxo leader hopes to shine on the Italian roads, his big first goal of this season, after Tour de France.

At first, they studied the route of the time trial by car. After, they rode the course by bike to study the surface, the lines to take in key corners. About the ITT, we can say that the first part includes a flat 30km first half, then a rolling section with two climbs and a short descent to the finish in Valdobbiadene.

During the 2015 Giro d’Italia, the time trial is stage 14 of the three-week race and with this number of kilometers, the ITT will play a major role in deciding the winner of this year’s maglia rosa.

This year, El Pistolero preferred to train at altitude. He does not really expected race before the Giro d’Italia.