This new footage shot from the roadside at the exact spot where Alberto Contador crash shows just how nasty his crash was.
Alberto Contador lives to fight another day after his crash at the Tour de France but the clip below - shot by a fan from the roadside - hammers home just how awful his smash was.
He fell on his front and clearly banged his head on the kerb of a traffic island he collided with; luckily for him helmets are compulsory.
The Tinkoff rider got back on his bike after the spill with 79km remaining to the finish and was patched up on the move by the race doctor.
And he said afterwards he was unsure how the injuries would affect him in the coming days.
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"All my right side is injured, from the knee to the shoulder," he explained.
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"Fortunately nothing is broken and I'll try to pass the next few days the best I to recover before the mountains. X-ray examination isn't needed.
"My shoulder hurts depending on my position, but the Tour de France doesn't end here. I want to be optimistic, thinking of taking a maximum profit of the hours ahead of tomorrow's uphill finish to recover.
"There was a lot of tension because we were fighting for positions at the front to avoid the wind. We were paying attention, but I saw a central reservation too late and the front wheel went to the side. It's bad luck."
Fan's footage of Contador crash
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