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That was only because Tinkoff lost 19 seconds to Movistar in the team time trial, though. Contador had regained most of that time by the time trial (and Quintana hadn't been looking particularly good on the two summit finishes).
DFA123 said:That quote is all over the place. Makes no sense at all.
The only take away i see from it is that people were still fooled that Contador actually had a serious injury and wasn't training really hard for the month before the Vuelta. He was in best condition in the Vuelta, and was behind Quintana until the latter crashed out.
That was only because Tinkoff lost 19 seconds to Movistar in the team time trial, though. Contador had regained most of that time by the time trial (and Quintana hadn't been looking particularly good on the two summit finishes).