did you actually see the incident?

Cadel was riding past a team car on the left hand side when the motorcycle policeman who was riding in front of the car decided to move over to the left hand side of the road, he obviously didn't see Cadel coming as he rode straight across in front of him, it was raining, they were probably travelling at around 50kph and the roads were slippery. Cadel didn't punch him as the media would have you believe, it was an light open hand slap on the chest to get his attention then he signalled to him to keep his eyes open and watch where he was going.
This incident isn't worth talking about or receiving the hype that it's getting.

If you'd just ridden a couple of hundred km's with a sore and painful shoulder then a camera man comes charging at your shoulder while looking through a viewfinder, or a reporter comes charging at your shoulder with a microphone held out like a jousting lance, you'd most likely push them out of the way or head butt them if your hands weren't free.

I think your reading too much into some statements, he didn't imply that Sastre was using any illegal products.

After reading the posts on this thread, I'm convinced that some of the posters on here seem to have a lot more personality disorders/psychological problems then Cadel has, and they are defiantly doing a lot more whinging and whining than he ever has.