Posted on 07/25/2010 12:37:32 PM PDT by golux
Andy apparently made a mistake in shifting, which caused his chain to derail. Nothing to do with Contador, and his decision to take advantage of this mistake was proper. He won the Tour fair and square, but this may be his last win.
Maybe. I would have rather seen him wait. Not just because I’m a huge Schleck fan, but because I would like to have seen a true duel on Tourmalet.
And I do think Contador is a dick although this episode has at least temporarily shown an effect. He directed the peloton to wait on Sanchez and yelled at Sastre for trying to go.
NASCAR, ce n’est pas le Tour. Rene Vietto and Raymond Poulidor are names worth studying should you wish to learn about the peculiar written and unwritten codes of sportsmanship which embody the Tour.
Here is another zoom-out for newbies:
Holy ....gotta go .... I am re-heat treating some old Campagnolo things and have to take them out of the oven so I can cook lunch.
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