Originally Posted by
erader
with a 4-minute lead on schleck and a history of riding away from him so far this race on climbs contador should have been delivering a pistol shot on the top of one of the most prestigious climbs in tour history.
ed rader
But as you kept pointing out the whole time, this is also a team sport. AC was paying Lance back for his work. He had first wrapped up since the ITT. For him to drag the Shlecks up the mountain would have been poor form. He will have his chances at Ventoux again.
And it is not unusual for breaks to win big Mountain Top finishes. It happens all the time.
What to do? Just make it a TT like they did Le Alpe du Huez that one year? I think one mountain top finish TT per year would be a nice addition to the tour.