Davide Rebellin has given great insight to the injury suffered by Alberto Contador at the Giro d’Italia, after he suffered the same injury in the final stage of the Tour of Turkey.

Veteran Rebellin suffered his injury again, like Contador, through no fault of his own. A dog ran out onto the road and took the Italian down, robbing him of his second place in the GC.

"I had to go to hospital and had a checkup there," unlike Contador, who received medical attention at his hotel. "It hurts a heck of a lot at first but the worst of the pain did subside a lot after three or four days. So in Contador’s case, it could take half a week for the pain to go," Rebellin told Cyclingnews.

"You have to bear in mind, too, that I was able to rest completely for that period, the crash was on the last day of racing. In Alberto's case, he has to race on." Rebellin, like Contador, used icepacks to try and ease the pain.

"I was back on the bike after three or four days. In my case it still hurt the most when you stand on the pedals for a sprint, say, or on a climb."