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Alberto Contador abandons the 2016 Tour de France.jpgTour de France: Alberto Contador abandons
Alberto Contador has abandoned the Tour de France with around 100km of today's Stage 9 to Andorra-Arcalis remaining.
The Tinkoff rider, who has been struggling for the past week following two crashes on the opening weekend of the race in Normandy, had a fever as he started today's 184.5km stage from Vielha Val d'Aran in Spain.
Sean Yates, the team's sports director, told France Televisions during today's stage: “Alberto had a bit of fever this morning. He told us at the beginning of the race that he wasn't feeling super and it's obvious.
"We've told him to stay quiet. Now the peloton is going slower, which is better for his recovery after the fast start this morning.”
Contador, winner of the race in 2007 and 2009, seemed to ignore those orders to "stay quiet," going on the counter-attack early on to bridge across to a large breakaway group.
He was soon back in the main bunch, however, and then found himself at the rear of the peloton, dropping back to his team car several times before finally abandoning.
The Spaniard started today's stage in 20th place overall, 3 minutes 12 seconds behind race leader Chris Froome of Team Sky.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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