Originally Posted by Hermes

Stage 19 was the best - very exciting. However, there were no real surprises. Lance was on Frank Schleck's wheel and Contador on Andy Schleck's wheel. Lance and Alberto matched the Schleck's accelerations and did not disadvantage each other. It was interesting that Andy kept looking for ways to help Frank.

My congrats to the lead GC group for a great race and performance. They put on a great show for the fans. It is too bad that there is not a way to have ticket sales and capture some revenue from the estimated 500,000 fans that lined the mountain. Armstrong demonstrated his star power at the Tour. He is going to have sponsors and riders knocking at Team RadioShack's door.

It is also interesting to note who was not in the lead group - Sastra and Evans. Oh well, this is athletic competition.