Just a quick word on last night's stage and some commentators calls that Alberto Contador should have sat up and not attacked whilst Andy Shleck was in difficulty.
I can understand why on the stage into Spa, stage 3 or something like that, that the race was neutralised as a protest against the slippery conditions on the road which resulted in quite a few riders hitting the tarmac, among them Andy Shleck. It was a man made disaster that one, something that was out of the riders control.
But what happened to Andy Shleck last night, his chain coming off his bike, wasn't something that could have been prevented. It's just something that happens and I'm sure it's happened to everyone at one stage or another.
Yes it was a shame because it looked as if he had Alberto Contador on the ropes and if he had opened up a gap it would have made the race more interesting, but I don't think that's a reason to neutralise a race.
And I think if you watch it closely, Contador never really actively took advantage, he stayed with the group and followed them and took his turn at the front, as he should. It's not his fault he was with Sammy Sanchez who happens to be a fantastic desender.
You could also see that at the finish he didn't sprint for the line, and at that stage the time gaps were close even if he were getting information on that.
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