Contador faces surgery for nasal injury, hoarseness

Alberto Contador will undergo surgery on Monday to repair a nasal injury from a crash and remove a polyp from his vocal cords.

The Astana rider said he thinks a spill in the Giro d’Italia that drove his glasses into his nose left him with breathing problems.

“Doctors have detected a deviation of the nasal partition toward the right that doesn’t allow me to breathe properly,” he said. As regards the polyp, Contador said he has suffered from hoarseness for more than a year, and that an examination determined that the polyp was the cause.

He will have to rest for some time, and won’t be able to speak for a few days, but Contador said his training program shouldn’t be greatly affected.

“Perhaps my preparation will be delayed a couple of weeks, but this isn’t important,” he said. “I have time to begin well in my first race, which will probably be the Vuelta a Valencia.”

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