Contador
Assuming he can recover quickly enough to win the Tour and the CAS appeal either finds in his favor or gives him a reduced suspension (say six months,) I would love to see him take a shot at winning the Vuelta as well. While he’s talked about it, actually planning to try for the triple is a pretty nutty thing to do. With the way this year has worked out, it’s basically laid out for him. The whole “recover enough to win the Tour” part is a big if, of course. Andy Schleck, Frank Schleck, Cadel Evans and Ivan Basso are all training, looking to peak in July. Contador was just on the best form he’s ever been on (as far as I can tell.) Getting even close to that in July is going to be tough.
We’ll see. So much depends on CAS, of course.
La Corsa Rosa
This race was too hard. After having watched it, there were simply too many mountains. The last 10 days weren’t exactly boring, but with the relentless mountains and Contador’s dominance, it wasn’t exactly the most exciting Grand Tour I’ve ever seen either (that would be the 2010 Giro, of course.) There was no balance.
Vasili Kiryienka
The best stage of the past week was the one into Sestrière, won by Vasili Kiryienka of Movistar. It was fun, watching him summit two massive mountains by himself and increase his lead over Rujano and the rest of the GC contenders. The fact the win was dedicated to Xavi Tondo made it that much more special.
And that’s it. I know I normally do sets of five, but… I’ve got nothing left. Compared to last year this race was just not as compelling and I’d just be filling in the blanks with nonsense. *shrug* Here are two cool photos instead.
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