Contador to miss Vuelta
Alberto Contador has ruled himself out of the Vuelta a Espana having said he has suffered a setback in his recovery from the injury that ended his Tour de France bid.
The two-time Tour winner broke his shin in a crash on stage 10 of this year's race, but had hoped to make his home Grand Tour after avoiding surgery on the injury.
However, on Wednesday morning the Tinkoff-Saxo rider wrote on Twitter: "Bad day,the wound healing gets complicated, I've no date to take the bike. Goodbye to the Vuelta."
Fans had been hoping for a renewal of Contador's rivalry with Team Sky's Chris Froome, who has targeted the Vuelta for his own comeback after pulling out of the Tour on stage five with a fractured wrist.