Contador pulls out of Tour de France after fever, crashes (The Associated Press)

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. ”I could not keep going,” Contador later said at his team hotel. ”We are not going to have to chase his attacks 100 kilometers out anymore, it’s one of the less things for us to worry about, but it’s maybe a shame of the race,” Froome said.