If we didn't have Contador to talk about, we'd be talking about how Saxo Bank set an insane pace heading to Verbier, then launched Andy Schleck out of the shattered remnants of the field to fly up the mountain, leaving every one else in the dust.

Of course there was Contador, but if Saxo Bank has another one of those in them they may well be able to put Schleck in 2nd. How hard Armstrong might fight to stay on the podium is another guess.