Even though Alberto Contador informed media yesterday that he wouldn’t participate in this year’s edition of the Vuelta a Espana as his recovery process didn’t progress as expected, obviously invigorated by Rafał Majka’s impressive stage victory Tinkoff-Saxo manager Bjarne Riis quickly turned down pessimistic statement of the Spaniard, claiming it was to soon to make any decision.

Contador suffered a fractured tibia in his high speed crash which forced him out of the Tour de France, and even though the Tinkoff-Saxo leader managed to avoid a surgery, he has informed last week that a process of his recovery progresses much slower than expected due to inflammation around a broken bone.

While informing about his slow recuperation, the 31-year old Spaniard also admitted that pulling out of the Tour de France took its toll in regards to his mental condition and he found it difficult to follow the action from the greatest of the three-week events.

However, Tinkoff-Saxo manager used Contador’s understandable pessimism as a main explanation of his yesterday’s statement and made it clear that the decision about Spaniard’s participation in the Vuelta a Espana is yet to be made.

"I think it's a little bit early to say. He knows that it's going to be difficult but lets wait and see. He had a bad day, his wounds are not healing and he's had some problems. Of course he's pessimistic and I understand that but let's see in a week," Riis told Cyclingnews.

"We have to wait and see. There's still a long way to go and a lot of healing needed so I don't want to get into speculation and at the end of the day that's all it is at the moment. He's the guy feeling the pain and maybe in a few days it will be better."

"I'm not going to risk anything on him. The focus is on the moment we're on now. There's a focus on next year too but there's a long way to go until then. I hope he races again this year though. It will be a shame if he doesn't."