An attack by Alberto Contador on the Col de la Colle Saint-Michel on stage 17 of the Tour de France had the early signs of his Vuelta a España winning move on the corresponding stage to Fuente Dé in 2012. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider's move was unsuccessful, however and then a crash on the Col d'Allos descent all but ended his dreams of a Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double.
With four stages left of the 102 edition of the race, Contador sits in fifth place overall, 6:40 minutes down on Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Contador was front and centre in the maillot jaune group over the top of the penultimate climb and with teammates ahead on the road, he was well positioned to start clawing time back on the likes of Team Sky's Chris Froome and Movistar's Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde.
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As riders were strewn across the Col d'Allos descent and final climb to Pra Loup, cameras where in short supply trying to cover the majority of the action. A cut back to a video motorbike with the maillot jaune group saw Contador, Rogers and Peter Sagan standing on the side of the road, changing a front wheel.
Initially it was unclear whether Contador had suffered a mechanical or a crash until footage emerged of him back on the bike with the right side of his kit torn.
"I fell by myself and I broke the front wheel," Contador said of the crash. "We tried to fix it but as Sagan was nearby, I changed bike and he gave me his.
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