CONTADOR - AN OVERVIEW

While in the opening stage Contador was slowed by a crash and missing more than one moment. He misplaced additional time in the workforce time demo at Les Essarts but concluded next within the fourth phase up to Mûr-de-Bretagne. Contador suffered four crashes while in the opening nine days from the Tour, injuring his suitable knee prior to facing

Inside the stage to your Col du Galibier he misplaced the perfect time to another favourites right after Schleck introduced a solo attack 60 kilometres (37 miles) with the finish and Contador was afterwards not able to follow the tempo established by Evans.[seventy six] Contador introduced an early attack on the final mountain phase to Alpe d'Huez,