"What we have to remember, Bill, is that Armstrong does not own this team ..."

Oh, I am aware of that....the relevance of my comment is that Contador, if we are to believe the story is correct, was trying to ride on his own. Lance made some comment about.."well...I have to follow the rules.." and "Alberto is ambitious.."

I'd suspect Bruyneel has 'had a talk' with the various parties....

Yesterdays stage was relatively slow because no one in the breakaway was really important. Astana could have totally dominated if they needed to....instead, they got an easy day with little pressure or danger.