Tue, Jul 20 10 05:17 PM
Alberto Contador has expressed regret over how he snatched the Tour de France yellow jersey after benefiting from his closest rival Andy Schleck's mechanical problems during Monday's 15th stage.
In a video sent to the media issued later on Monday, the defending champion from Spain said: "There is a problem with the circumstances.
"The race was on and maybe I made a mistake. I'm sorry. I'm disappointed in the sense that for me fait play is very important, as I did in the stage of Spa."
In the stage to Bagneres de Luchon, Luxembourg's Schleck attacked on the climb to the Port de Bales and Contador was countering the move when the Saxo Bank rider's chain slipped off.
He went past and eventually crossed the line 39 seconds before Schleck, who said Contador, Russian Denis Menchov and Spaniard Samuel Sanchez, who joined forces with the Astana leader, had shown a lack of fair play.
Contador now leads Schleck by eight seconds going into Tuesday's 16th stage from Bagneres de Luchon to Pau.
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