Alberto Contador was one of the many riders who today suffered a fall in the col of Stockeu on a road that had turned into a skating rink due to rain and, apparently, the loss of fuel of a motorcycle which had fallen minutes before the riders pass. "It was a real crazy”, said Contador after leaving the Doping Control, which also had to pass before begin to heal its wounds.

Alberto was not the only Astana rider to fall, as only Dani Navarro and Benjamin Noval managed to avoid it. Alexandre Vinokourov, but without any significant blow, fell just behind Contador, while Tiralongo, he explained, he hit his right knee with the Armstrong’s bike, who was also involved in the accident.

Contador has suffered a blow and abradiond on the right hip, knee and elbow, but the first impression of the team doctors, and also the rider is that tomorrow he will start  without further complications. "Let's be optimistic and think that we have lifted the fall," said Alberto.

"On this road it was impossible not to fall. I fell on a straight part at about 60 km/h and when I thought about what it could have happened, I saw that at every turn there were people on the ground, it was impossible to go without falling”, continued explaining Contador.

For him, the worst thing is to think that tomorrow will be the stage of the pavé, a particularly hard day and more after that. "It's the worst day because tomorrow is a tough day in coblestones, they hits you all over, but I want to be optimistic. We will try to recover and get ice soon”.

Alberto confirmed that he was one who decided to stop to wait for Andy Schleck, one of the hardest hit on the fall. “As soon as I've heard that Andy was behind I order to stop all my team mates. As I wished to do with me, I had to do with him".

Despite there was a moment of doubt and disagreement, "with some teams who wanted to go ahead in spite of everything, because there were many dangerous riders in front too, at the end they have acted with logic and have decided to stop in front too”.