Appears Contador has some hand problem, article mentions hand surgery
and attributes the problem to his habit of making a pistol gesture with his
right hand, does it 2-300x per day and now has some overuse problems
with the thumb MC joint and index interosseus and thenar muscles.
Out of the Tour de Fr likely. Velonews had a mention.
It is generally considered poor form to refer to april fools articles after the first.