Injured Contador out of Olympic road race

MADRID: Alberto Contador ruled himself out of the road race at next month’s Rio Olympics, saying on Tuesday that he needed four weeks to recover from injuries sustained

MADRID: Alberto Contador ruled himself out of the road race at next month’s Rio Olympics, saying on Tuesday that he needed four weeks to recover from injuries sustained on the Tour de France. The Spaniard told a news conference in Madrid that his goal now was to get ready for the Vuelta (Tour of Spain) which starts on Aug 20. The men’s Olympic road race will be held on August 6, almost four weeks after he sustained his injuries in two crashes in the first two stages of the Tour. “After what Dr Leyes told me, the Olympics are discarded, because it’s not a matter of going there, but to reach them in optimal condition and it looks like it will not be possible,” he said.

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