Originally Posted by kimconyc

But seriously, Contador should have layed the smack down, hard, on Andy. To me, it's still in question whether or not Contador is as dominant as many people make him out to be.

If I'm not mistaken, this was the first year AC rode head-to-head against AS and 21 seconds at the end of a first week stage isn't necessarily setting in stone that AC can drop AS (talking 2+ minute time-gap on a mountain stage). It did seem apparent that AS cannot drop AC, however.

Basically, if AS improves on other aspects such as his ITT skills and can simply not get dropped by AC, like he did this year, it's going to be close in the future. Couple that with AC's tendency to make simple mistakes (like not eating ), it provides the backdrop for a great drama going forward in my humble opinion.