it's the first proper day in the mountains

wouldn't be able to tell how strong he was compared to Contador - who still had a team mate with him (how good a job did he do btw? the amount of time he spent pulling on the front was phenomenal)

Schleck was ahead of Contador before the stage started, although he's not as good at time-trialling, he's still got a cushion there

it was just as possible that Contador could've got straight onto his wheel, gone over the top of him and put in 30 seconds gap of his own

it may only have been 10 seconds in the end, but he's shown now that he can ride away this year

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton, Jul 11, 16:42:20