Alberto Contador, a two-time Tour de France winner, said that Chris Froome's departure from Team Ineos during the 2020 season is "unthinkable," but if Egan Bernal is to rise to the top of the team hierarchy, a future 10 He insisted that leaving the home of the team for a year must be considered.

Cyclingnews recently broke the news that Froome, whose contract expires at the end of this year, is in talks with other teams, including the rare possibility of a mid-season move.

Froome, who says he has fully recovered from an injury suffered last June, is aiming for a record fifth Tour de France title, but faces a leadership battle within Team Ineos, with past two-time winner Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas both looking to take the They are both aiming for the yellow jersey.

"Froome has a lot of experience. He has won the Tour four times, so he knows how to deal with difficult situations and obstacles," Contador said on Spain's Eurosport program La Montonera. [However, Contador, winner of the 2007 and 2009 Tour de France, insisted that it is the struggles of the leadership, particularly Bernal, that will be the basis for Froome to consider a move when his contract with Team Ineos expires later this year.

"The other thing is that at a certain moment, with the Tour coming up and the first mountain stage, Egan Bernal might make a statement of intent and step forward and see that he [Froome] has no choice but to work for Egan.

"If he is really looking for a sporting project to win the Tour again, and he can't show that dignity in the early stages of the race, and if Ineos leaves him because Bernal is better, for example, he probably has to consider it [changing teams]. would have to consider it [changing teams].

"It would not be for team strategy or economic reasons, but for ambition and to win a fifth title and make his mark on the history of the Tour de France.