Contador was with race leader Chris Froome (Sky) when he crashed on the Col d’Allos descent heading to the base of the Pra Loup climb. Michael Rogers helped and Peter Sagan gave him his bike, but Majka, winner of the mountains competition in 2014, didn’t ease up from the main escape up ahead.
Tinkoff-Saxo blamed poor communication after the Spaniard lost 2-17 minutes to Froome. He remains fifth overall, but is now 6-40 minutes behind the yellow jersey.
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“Rafal was asked to sit and wait, but he said he didn’t hear us, so that means the radio stopped working,” Sports Director Sean Yates told Cycling Weekly.
“If he said he didn’t hear us, then he didn’t. But we told him on numerous occasions, and so did the car that was behind him…”
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