This is going to sound strange, but I think the loss of Noval cost them a bit of time. Also, rumors of Contador's demise were a bit premature. I think we have a great race ahead of us (barring any further crashes/injuries)--Saxo looks to be on par with (or dare I say slightly stronger) Team Sky, which has to worry Froome a bit (reading some of his comments, I've gotten the impression he wants to dominate/embarrass Contador)