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Contador confirms he will miss the Olympics

Xinhua, July 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

panish cyclist, Alberto Contador confirmed on Tuesday that he will have to miss the Rio Olympic Games due to injury.

The 33-year-old climbed off his bike during stage eight of this year' s Tour de France on Sunday after suffering two falls and tests in Madrid confirmed that he will not recover in time for Rio.

The tests showed Contador suffered "multiple bruises, a torn fiber on the inside of his left thigh, a torn left calf muscle, cuts and bruises on his left shoulder and on the deltoids of his right thigh."

The results concludes that the injuries to his left leg "affect his pedaling and cause him a strain his quadriceps," and Contador, who has won two Tours de France, two Giro' s de Italia and three Vueltas of Spain, was quick to rule out competing at the Olympics.

"The Games are just about ruled out and it is a shame, because I think I could have done well on the course and it was my second big objective of the season," he said, before saying he would now focus his attention on trying to win a fourth Vuelta at the end of the summer. Endit