Tinkoff Saxo rider Alberto Contador of Spain wears the leader's pink jersey on podium after the 152 km ( 94 miles) fifth stage of the 98th Giro d'Italia ( Tour of Italy ) cycling race from La Spezia to Abetone , Italy, May 13, 2015. REUTERS/LaPresse/Fabio Ferrari
(Reuters) - Alberto Contador's Giro D'Italia hopes suffered a blow when the overall leader was involved in a high-speed pile-up at the end of the 183-km sixth stage on Thursday.
The Spaniard hit the deck during a mass sprint to the finish in the Tuscan town of Castiglione Della Pescaia but remounted his bike to roll over the line in the same time as stage winner Andre Greipel.
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