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Alberto Contador out of Vuelta a España due to Tour de France injury Alberto Contador out of Vuelta a España due to Tour de France injury
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Alberto Contador has given up hope of competing in next month’s Vuelta a España.Alberto Contador has given up hope of competing in next month’s Vuelta a España.
The Spanish rider withdrew from the Tour de France after crashing on stage 10 and his recovery is taking longer than expected.The Spanish rider withdrew from the Tour de France after crashing on stage 10 and his recovery is taking longer than expected.
“Bad day. The healing of the wound is getting complicated... Goodbye to the Vuelta” he wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. “Bad day. The healing of the wound is getting complicated ... Goodbye to the Vuelta,” he wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
Contador, who was looking to clinch a third Tour title this year, sustained a shinbone fracture in the crash on the stage from Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles. He spent several minutes being treated by race doctors at the side of the road blood with dripping from his right knee. Contador, who was looking to clinch a third Tour title this year, sustained a shinbone fracture in the crash on the stage from Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles. He spent several minutes being treated by race doctors at the side of the road, with blood dripping from his right knee.
He got back on his bike and was being helped by his Tinkoff-Saxo team-mates, some four minutes behind the peloton, but having dropped further back the decision was made for Contador to drop out with more than 80km of the stage remaining. He got back on his bike and was being helped by his Tinkoff-Saxo team-mates, about four minutes behind the peloton, but having dropped further back the decision was made for Contador to drop out with more than 80km of the stage remaining.
The 31-year-old was hoping to take part in the Vuelta in front of his home crowds to salvage his season.The 31-year-old was hoping to take part in the Vuelta in front of his home crowds to salvage his season.