God, I love the Tour!
Armstrong had a tough day, got dropped to 4th. Barring a crash in the ITT on saturday, Contador wins this thing. He has definitely proven to be the strongest rider, so hats off to him.
The scuttlebutt, however, is all about Armstrong, Contador, and Johan Bruyneel leaving Astana at the end of the season. Apparently the kazakh cycling federation wants Vinokourov back on the team, and Bruyneel wants to run his program as he sees fit. Given Astana’s performance in this year’s Tour, and Bruyneel’s record (the chief architect of Lance’s seven Tour victories) the Kazakhs are idiots.
