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Naw I’m not a big fangirl of his. I was really hoping that Andy would be able to overcome him. Just noticing that there doesn’t seem to be even one person that isn’t 100% against Alberto. I’m with Phil Liggett when it comes to whether or not he should have stopped and waited for the mechanical problem to be fixed. “It’s a bike race!”

Hmmm, well then I guess I'll have to say something nice for Sra. Contador:

[thinking....thinking....]

OK. Alberto is indeed an amazingly gifted athlete. And his mother also probably loves him very, very much. ;-)

(But it's not likely to make much of a difference next year when a skinny Luxembourger is gonna mow him down!)

I disagree with Phil on this one: you should win b/c you were the best athlete/competitor not b/c the other guy had a mechanical problem. It has always been the custom in cycling that you don't attack when your opponent is down- even if it's his fault. Technically Lance was at fault in catching that musette, Ullrich tried to take the corner too fast and went into the bushes, etc. All of these were #1 vs #2. I think when it's between the top 2 competitors, that you wait. The rest of the peloton is on their own for the most part. They simply can't stop the race for every "natural break" or puncture. #1 and #2 should be mano v mano in a race for who is the very best. Not who doesn't happen to hit a thorn on the road.

For that reason I am still furious with Cantador for attacking Schleck when his chain came off. That was a dirty move IMO. Not only did he attack, he pushed as hard as his possibly could on the descent and to top it all off, lied about not knowing about Schleck's mechanical problem. If it wasn't already bad enough we can add the winking and "we-both-know-I-let-you-win" from Tourmalet.