Originally Posted by
monosierra
True. He should have said up front when joining Astana that AC was the best, but he clearly wasn't convinced of AC's abilities til halfway through the tour. It probably boiled down to this: LA figured AC won the 2007 Tour by fluke.
Well, he did win the 2007 Tour by fluke.
He did NOT win the 2008 Vuelta or Giro by fluke.