HI... +1 with the penguin. Cadel looks a boring racer but he didnt have a single person to help him (i believe he was #1 in professionals last year), what if he had joined forces with menchov and vdv to survive all together ? (just Dreaming) What I notice from old tours is that in the past time to time racers from other teams joined forces together, i remember lucho herrera (cafe de colombia) helping Hinault in the mountains because he couldnt get the pace in some attacks, well pretty much back in the day if you didnt want to help hinault your team was off the tour next year but thats another tale i guess.
Bad for cadel, bad for SL that knowing they had a GC winner they arrived with a team that really sucked, bad for mcewan Good for CSC anyways, i dont like sastre because he didnt do a single thing in my opinion but well thats life!! Hope next year gets better, I really miss the fighting and courage of older tours.
Thanks.