
Diminished by a fever and still reeling from crashes on the opening two days of the race, two-time champion Alberto Contador pulled out of the Tour de France during the toughest Pyrenean stage on Sunday. During Sunday's stage, Contador dropped back to his team car four times before finally withdrawing. ''Alberto had a bit of fever this morning,'' Sean Yates, the sporting director of Contador's Tinkoff team, said just before the withdrawal.
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