Originally Posted by
Rich Gibson
Your remarks cherry pick the arguments to substantiate your position. The sequence is what's important; you ignore that. The first hill stage he looked tired. Every hill stage since then he seems to have an inexhaustible source of energy to catch and overcome those in front...even when it isn't really necessary.
Rich
The simple explanation there might be that in the first summit finish he had to follow Contador, but that there aren't any Contador-level climbers left in the race. I'm always a lot more tired after a ride when I follow guys faster than me than when I lead guys slower than me.