Alberto Contador gets ready for 2015 season with successful Kilimanjaro ascent

Alberto Contador on Kilimanjaro during the Tinkoff-Saxo camp, November 2014

(Image credit: Tinkoff-Saxo)

Alberto Contador began a "challenging" 2015 season by climbing to 5895 metres up Kilimanjaro on Wednesday with is Tinkoff-Saxo team-mates.

"[It] has been a pretty good experience that marks the start of the 2015 season, probably the most challenging of my career with the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France dual objective," he said. "Now, I have to recover from this trip and focus on [riding]."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.