Contador worried about continued knee problems
Pains ag❀gravated by Sunday crash with♌ Karpets' saddle
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alberto Contador is having a hไard time of it at this year's Tour de France, ad𓆉mitting “This is not my Tour.” He was again involved in a crash on Sunday, which left him with further pains in his right knee.
"Today's crash was simply an accident caused by a situation where 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:my handlebar got mixed up with K🍌ar𒅌pets' saddle and as the stage progressed I felt increasing pain in my right knee and am a bit worried because the last few days I have been feeling pain in the same knee,” he said on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Saxo Bank-SunGard website after the stage.
"I hope that today and tomorrow and a whole lot of ice can make it recover f💧or Tuesday. It h🌟as been a troubled Tour with accidents and bad luck but I've to be optimistic. There is still a lot to do and I must focus on recovering as quickly as possible for the Pyrenees.”
On his personal website, the defending Tour champion admitted that “This is not my Tour, “ and that he welcomed ♔the first rest day. “It's good to have this rest day because the inflammation is🌠 very big.”
As to why there have been so many crashes, Contador noted that “We're riding over very narrow roads, more than normal, perhaps because we went to the north and, fo𝄹r sure, because there has been a lot of rain, which causes crashes.”
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