ARCALIS, Andorra -- Diminished by a fever and still reeling from crashes on the opening two days of the race, two-time champion Alberto Contador pulled out of the Tour de France during the toughest Pyrenean stage on Sunday.Slightly more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the end of Stage 9 from the Spanish town of Vielha to the ski resort of Arcalis in Andorra, the 33-year-old Spaniard stopped at the side of the road, hopped off his bike and got into the passenger seat of his team car.I could not keep going, Contador later said at his team hotel. This morning I had a fever. And I did not feel good since I crashed on the first day.Contador crashed in each of the opening stages -- damaging his right shoulder, elbow and hip -- and had already lost time on the other overall favorites.He was in 20th position at the end of Saturdays eighth stage -- 3 minutes, 12 seconds behind leader Chris Froome, who said Contadors departure from the race was a big loss for the Tour de France.We are not going to have to chase his attacks 100 kilometers out anymore, its one of the less things for us to worry about, but its maybe a shame of the race, Froome said.During Sundays stage, Contador dropped back to his team car four times before finally withdrawing.He had started the stage in a bright fashion, though, attacking alongside fellow Spaniard Alejandro Valverde to catch a group of early breakaway riders on the first climb.But Contador could not continue his effort and was quickly brought back by the pack before he pulled out in the Port del Canto climb. He then handed his bike to a mechanic and waved to TV cameras as he exited the race that made him famous.The withdrawal occurred on Contadors home roads near the town of Vilamur in Spain.Its bad news for me, said Tinkoff team owner Oleg Tinkov, who is planning to leave the sport. It was my last try to win the Tour de France. 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Jeev Milkha Singh, a former champion, made a steady start to the European Tour Scottish Open, scoring a level-par 72, even as compatriots SSP Chawrasia and Shiv Kapur both scored 6-over 78 in the first round in Inverness on Thursday.Jeev, who had won the title in 2012, was leading the field after his first 11 shots, and is only three shots behind joint leaders Scott Hend of Australia and Chilean Felipe Aguilar. There are four qualifying spots up for grabs for next weeks British Open.Jeev began his first round in stirring fashion, scoring birdies on the 452-yard par-four 5th and the 568-yard par-five 6th, before repeating the sequence on the 403-yard par-four 9th and the 363-yard par-four 10th. He was leading the field alongside Welshman Bradley Dredge at that stage, when he dropped two shots on the 599-yard par-five 12th. He bogeyed the very next hole, and then would score another bogey on the 607-yard par-five 18th.Chawrasia, who had finished tied-11th the year Jeev won in Scotland, would begin his first round by birdieing the 439-yardd par-four 1st, but then scored bogeys on two of the next three holes.dddddddddddd His back nine was riddled with mistakes, though a birdie on the par-five 12th was scant consolation for two bogeys and two double bogeys, even as the conditions became considerably trickier, with the wind picking up at the Castle Stuart Golf Links.Kapur was the last among the Indians to tee off and he began with a birdie off the first hole of the back nine, but then dropped five shots in four holes - including a triple bogey on the 226-yard par-three 17th - before dropping two more shots on the par-five 2nd hole. Kapur shot two birdies and two bogeys off the next five holes, to finish with 6-over 78 just like Chawrasia.Kapur will tee off for his second round at 7:40 am local time (12:10 pm IST), while Chawrasia and Jeev will have their tee times at 12:30 pm local (5 pm IST) and 1 pm local (5:30 pm IST), respectively, on Friday. ' ' '