Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been presented with a canary during a press conference ahead of his bid for a third yellow jersey.
The Spanish cyclist bred the birds during his childhood, resulting in two Dutch television personalities bringing one as a gift to the media day in Utrecht, which hosts this weekend's Grand Depart.
The 32-year-old's team shared a picture of Contador meeting the bird on Twitter:
Contador is aiming to become the first cyclist to win the Tour de France in the same year as the Giro d'Italia since Marco Pantani achieved the double in 1998.
