Originally Posted by OrionKhan

What is the difference?
1. Stage 3: A crash that causes the peloton, including the yellow jersey and Contador, to stop. Cancellara, with Andy in tow, drill it and gain a minute on Contador, who was stopped through no fault of his own.

2. Stage 15: Andy Schleck attacks Contador, Sanchez, and Menchov in the mountains. Contador and the other react to cover the attack. Andy drops his chain, through what appears to be rider error. Note that Andy was still on the bike pedaling when they went by, but was definitely slowed trying to figure out what was going on. Contador and the others attack.

If you remove those two stages, at no point has Andy Schleck out ridden Alberto Contador. In stage 3, Andy made a larger time gain than Contador did in 15. So it boils down to the prologue and ITT. Contador out road Schleck in both. How are Contador's tactics cowardly any more cowardly that Schleck's? If you don't like Contador, just say it and try to have a quantifiable reason for doing so. Don't pick event out of a 21 stage race, and ignore others, to support you feelings.