Alberto Contador escapes on stage eighteen of the 2015 Tour de France
The slim chances of Alberto Contador riding all three Grand Tours in 2015 have become even slimmer as he announced his season will close after Saturday's Clasica de San Sebastian.
Tinkoff-Saxo owner Oleg Tinkov has stated on more than one occasion that he believes Contador could ride all of the three week races, but the Spaniard showed signs of fatigue at the Tour de France.
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