It does not help either that his team-mates have thrown him under the wheels on more than one occasion. Now Contador, who began the race as one of Chris Froome’s key rivals, faces the Pyrenees,… After a torrid time brought on by back to back crashes, the Spaniard is now close to breaking down, just like his Tinkoff team bus earlier in the week. It has been a trying first week of the Tour de France for Alberto Contador, the former champion, and as the race enters his favoured terrain, the high mountains, it may be about to get worse.

Source: The Times July 08, 2016 07:59 UTC