I lost all contacts from my iCloud folder in Outlook

After messing up with Outlook and a software utility from Code Two who syncs all contacts from Outlook back to iCloud (http://www.codetwo.com/sync-for-icloud/) I managed to erase all the 1490 contcts I had on iCloud. And also deleted them from my ipad and iphone. I decided thta the only solution was to restore them from my itunes backup but after restoring my ipad i saw that no contacts are restored. The same empty address book!!! Is this logical ? The itunes back doesnt keep all the contacts ? Whats the reason of doing a back up if it only keeps certain things but not the so so important contacts list!
Can anyone help ? Any suggestions ?

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Click on the first contact, then shift click on the last one to select all contacts, then use the delete key on your keyboard. Make sure you have only chosen contacts from the iCloud group.

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