THE 2-MINUTE RULE FOR CONTADOR

While in the opening phase Contador was slowed by a crash and missing more than one moment. He shed added time while in the team time demo at Les Essarts but completed 2nd inside the fourth stage nearly Mûr-de-Bretagne. Contador endured 4 crashes within the opening 9 times of the Tour, injuring his ideal knee before dealing with the Pyrenees mount