Baden Cooke sure of brokering new contract for Chris Horner

Chris Horner is set to be without a team for the 2015 season

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Rider agent Baden Cooke is confident American veteran Chris Horner will secure a contract for the 2015 season despite being pulled from the Vuelta a Espana that he was set to enter as defending champion.

The Vuelta marked its first summit finish today and the race 167.7km from Benalmádena to Cumbres Verdes, which Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won, would have been ideal stomping ground for the WorldTour’s oldest competitor had he been allowed to start.

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Sophie Smith is an Australian journalist, broadcaster and author of Pain & Privilege: Inside Le Tour. She follows the WorldTour circuit, working for British, Australian and US press, and has covered 10 Tours de France.