Alberto Contador Faces Surgery after Fracturing Shin in
Tour de France 2014 Crash as Vincenzo Nibali Reclaims Yellow Jersey
- Two pre-race favourites are now out of the Tour with 11 stages remaining
- The 31-year-old Spaniard crashed and injured himself on stage 10
- He continued racing but was forced to withdraw with heavily-strapped knee
- Contador thanked team-mate Mike Rogers and then clambered into car
- Contador faces surgery after fracturing shin from the Tour crash
- Defending champion Froome pulled out on stage 5 after two falls
- British sprinter Mark Cavendish crashed out on stage one in Harrogate
- Stage 10 is 100.4miles between Mulhouse and La Planche des Belles Filles
- Italian Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 10 to regain yellow jersey from Frenchman Tony Gallopin on Bastille Day
Daily Mail UK, 15 July 2014
Alberto Contador faces surgery after suffering a fractured shin as he crashed out of the Tour de France on Monday as Vincenzo Nibali took full advantage with a scintillating victory at La Planche des Belles Filles which saw him reclaim the yellow jersey.
Two-time winner Contador crashed on the 161.5-kilometre 10th stage from Mulhouse and, after struggling on for 20km in an effort to play catch-up, gave up and withdrew to his Tinkoff-Saxo team car.
Contador sustained a fractured tibia (shin bone), Tinkoff-Saxo team manager Bjarne Riis revealed.
Out: Alberto Contador (centre) was forced to withdraw from the Tour de France on stage 11 after crashing
Crashed: Spaniard Contador crashed and tried to continue but had to withdraw with a knee injury
Hunched over: Contador looks on as he readies himself to abandon the 2014 Tour de France
Going home: Spaniard Contador is driven away from stage 11 of the Tour after withdrawing
Driving away from a dream: Contador won the Tour in 2007 but he will not wear the maillot june in 2014