Having crashed out of the Tour de France with a broken tibia, Alberto Contador is now back in Spain to be examined for hs injuries. The Spaniard still hopes that he will be able to line up in the Vuelta later this year.

Today Alberto Contador took the plane that Oleg Tinkov made ​​available in the airport of Dole (France) to travel directly to Barajas Airport (Madrid), where he immediately went to the Clinica Centro, in which doctors waited to do a medical examination before deciding the best course of treatment and if surgery is needed to speed his recovery.

Alberto Contador chose the Clinica Centro after contact with Real Madrid F.C. and more specifically with Emilio Butragueño, with whom he has a good relationship and who quickly talked to the club's medical services and they in turn recommended Dr. Leyes, a specialist in the type of injury suffered by the leader of Tinkoff-Saxo.

Alberto Contador said goodbye to his teammates at breakfast today and traveled to Madrid hoping to recover in time to take the start in the Vuelta a España, although everyone in the Tinkoff-Saxo team are aware of how hard it will be to be fully competitive in just 40 days.