Alberto Contador has his work cut out for him at the Volta a Catalunya this week after Tuesday`s unusually long stage 2 team time trial. Trek-Segafredo finished fourth on the day, 1:15 down on the stage-winning Movistar squad. It was a solid ride, but that`s a hefty deficit to make up on the likes of Alejandro Valverde in a one-week race. `I am happy, we have given everything, we have been quite well-organised and we did a good TTT, but we are a long way off our most important rivals,` Contador said. `Valverde is 1:15 ahead, which is a lot. Now we have to look at the upcoming stages, starting with La Molina, which is not very hard as an ascent and where there may well be no big differences. Perhaps the time bonuses will be the most important time gaps.`ADVERTISEMENT Valverde isn`t the only rider standing in Contador`s way, as stage 2 runner-up BMC Racing and third-placed Team Sky both have contenders for the overall victory. `The race has got more complicated because van Garderen and Sky with Froome and Thomas are all ahead,` Contador said. `So we`ll have to see what we can do.` Nevertheless, Contador is not throwing in the towel just yet, and he sees openings in the days to come, particularly given the way recent editions of the race have played out. The Spaniard was second to Movistar`s Nairo Quintana last year by just seven seconds.
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