Alberto Contador on stage twelve of the 2015 Tour de France. Photo: Graham Watson
Alberto Contador has ended his season four days earlier than planned as a fever contracted in the late stages of the Tour de France is yet to abate, forcing him out of the Clasica de San Sebastian.
Contador struggled to match the levels of Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde at the Tour de France having come into the race off the back of winning the Giro d'Italia.
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