Tour 2011. He was no where in the mountains when contador needed him, but on the last tt he rode top 10. It was pretty obvious he was saving himself for own ambitions in the tt
Noval most likely fell back due to his injury from yesterday. Jesus just have to complete the flat stages within the time limit and be ready for the mountains since GC is completely meaningless to him.
He is obviously not going to call out himself as favourite for the tour. This way he can't disappoint. Everybody has him as this tours possible surprise! :)
It's good. In the vuelta he had to close a lot of gaps himself in the mountains which obviously costs a lot of power. Now we'll hopefully see Roche, Kreuziger and Rogers help out. Especially Kreuziger seems very strong in this years tour.
Noval just confirmed on danish tv2
In the third or fourth turn a spectator was standing outside the barrier with his camera. Noval hit him and may have broken something in his hand. So stupid when theese kind of things happen