Contador wins by the same 39 seconds he gained by throwing honor and tradition to the wind and attacking the yellow jersey on a mechanical.

Bravo to Schleck for a strong time trial yesterday, but it still should have been the case that Contador cleaned up.  Instead he struggled to keep his lead at all, and finished the time trial far off the stage-winning pace I’m sure he’d hoped for.  Perhaps there is some measure of justice in this world.

Schleck comes off as a fighter, a gentleman, and a fine representative for the sport.  Contador, not so much…