Cycling: Punctures deflate Contador hopes
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Your support makes all the difference.A late second puncture of the day dropped Alberto Contador out of contention at the Tour of Castilla and Leon yesterday as Filippo Savini of Italy won a mountainous third stage.
It made the second time in three stages that Contador had to deal with a pair of flat tyres. The Tour de France champion was hit with his latest flat just 2km (1.25 miles) from the finish line.
Savini won the 157km (98-mile) leg in a time of 3hr 58min 25sec to edge out Bauke Mollema of Rabobank and his Colnago-CSF Inox team-mate Domenico Pozzovivo.
Contador, a three-time champion who was hoping to defend his title, finished nearly three minutes behind Savini. Mollema is the new overall leader by 3sec with an overall time of 13:17.52.
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