Froome19 said:So Contador can make excuses but Andy can not?
Or is this a case of the boy who cried wolf?
Oh yes, he made excuses. Not.
He once said that he hurt his knee because of a crash. After that we saw him limping up the climbs, so WE made the assumption his knee hurt.
Riis told the press that Alberto bonked on Galibier.
Matteo Tosatto told the press that Alberto might quit somewhere in the second week. Alberto was quick to deny that.
After the Tour, Matteo Tosatto again told the press that the team had been seriously considering sending Alberto home. Because not only his knee hurt really badly, he had also hurt his back and his head in one of the crashes (the one where his brake did weird and he ended up flying through the air.)