Alberto Contador suffered dislocated shoulder in crash, 'to ride on stage seven'

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.

He still leads by two seconds in the general classification but struggled to pull on the Maglia Rosa at the presentation.

His Tinkoff-Saxo team said Contador, who also hurt his right knee, had a 30-minute medical examination following the conclusion of the stage, which included undergoing x-rays.

"I haven't broken anything but I have suffered a dislocation of the left shoulder," Contador said in a statement.

"The doctors have recommended that I immobilize my left arm during the evening and night, while I try to move it a bit with the help of my other arm to promote the movement of the shoulder.

"I will focus on this until tomorrow before the stage, where the doctors will come back to put on a layer of bandage for the race.

"I will try to start tomorrow on stage seven, as I have worked very hard ahead of the Giro. I will try to continue until the very last moment. I'm optimistic about the start tomorrow, but we have to wait until right before the start to see what happens and how serious the effect of the crash is."