Originally Posted by bellweatherman

The thing that sucks about this year's Tour is the lack of true mountain top finishes. Yesterday, was the first and only mountain stage that will finish at the top of the climb. Guess what? There are NO other mountain-top finishes. Today is a mountain stage, but that is totally negated because the finish is all downhill. After the last climb is passed, there is another 40km to go to the finish. This Tour will remain relatively the same on standings. It will be decided in the final week's time trial.

BTW, I agree with the majority of the original poster's comments. Armstrong was clearly holding back his sentiments after being interviewed at the finish yesterday. He didn't want Contador to attack. As much as Astana is downplaying this, there is something brewing. Armstrong has the support of Bruyneel and most of the other riders. All of them know that next year if they want to stay on the team, then they will ride for Armstrong. Contador will be marginalized on this team.