(21-07-2011, 10:14 PM)Mid Life Crisis Man Wrote: However, so is Andy Schlek. Bugger bugger bugger. I've been impressed with Evans so far, but have to say Schlek A. is looking even better, especially after that last stage. Not long to go now, we will know soon enough.
What Cadel Evans did yesterday was amazing.
Andy Schleck seemed to take Cadel by surprise, perhaps he was paying too much attention to Contador? Schleck was nearly 5 minutes up about 8km from the finish and nobody seemed willing to make a move. Grumpy old Evans, not the best climber, seemed to look around the “chasing” bunch as if to say “no bugger gonna help me then?”. He then proceeds to climb the highest mountain finish in the history of the Tour de France, granite-face contorted in pain, while the rest hang on to his back wheel gasping. Frank Schleck couldn’t believe his luck!
So, without any help whatsoever he still managed to close in on Andy Schleck, a sleek thoroughbred and one of the top 3 climbers in the world, and reduce the overall deficit. That my friend was an amazing performance in extreme conditions of adversity.
Cadel’s speciality, the time trial, is still to come. It’s a long one and if he’s not totally done in after today i’d say he could take at least 2 minutes off Schleck. You know what? ...he’s still in with a chance.
I’ll be cheering him on.
July July Tempranillo Pie
