Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso want to take their development squad to the WorldTour

The former pros have lofty ambitions for their Spanish Continental squad

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Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso may have left the peloton behind, but the pair have ambitions to help other riders hit WorldTour level through their own development squad.

Grand Tour winners Contador and Basso are both closely involved in Kometa-Xstra, a Spanish Continental team formed in 2018 from the Alberto Contador Foundation.

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