Armstrong a team player but is Contador?
“The harmony is back in the team, at least it was, we will see how everyone feels about what happened on the Colombiere,” admitted Astana team manager Bruyneel.
The above comment came after stage 17 of the Tour de France. It is about Alberto Contador who made a move that split his Astana team and allowed the Schleck brothers to move to second and third on the classification.
Frank Schleck won the 17th stage ahead of Contador and Andy Schleck.
Bruyneel had made it clear that Contador had gone against team orders when he made his break which only the Schleck brothers could match.
Instead of a possible 1-2-3 for Astana the Schleck brothers have moved up in the classification. The Astana team know that the individual time trial comes tomorrow and that Armstrong and Contador are far superior than the Luxembourg brothers. Astana’s main concern was Bradley Wiggins and they had done the job of dropping him.
It will be interesting to see how team Astana handle the singlemindedness displayed from Contador.
Stage 18 is a 40.5 time trial held in Annecy.
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