And that's a problem. Andy Schleck (and Frank Schleck) did a great Tour. They showed talent, panache and they looked overall more like old fashioned, courageous fighters. I know I repeat myself: the meticulous preparation and execution a Lance Armstrong would have deployed were not there with the Schlecks. Oh yes, I saw a picture of Andy in a wind channel. Photo-op or innovation? But Nygard's comments in this article about evaluating situations, tend to confirm that the preparation was a little bit old fashioned.
Cadel Evans prepared and executed religiously. That brought him to heaven. With less panache than Andy Schleck, but with certainly talent too, discipline and method that helped in the minutes of hardship and that most of all, brought him with significant reserves to the time trial where he could unleash that cushion of energy.
The Washington Post here has some good and enlightening comments:
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