I don't believe I've seen his normal fluid powerful action in this race at all. On the 2 climbs where he has made a real effort he has not appeared to be the Contador I am accustomed to witnessing. Plus he has never appeared 'comfortable' to me at any time. IMO this makes the race 'wide open'.
Evans is riding better at the Tour, then I've seen him in years. Andy who knows? He looked good sticking to Contador's wheel yesterday but that's all we've seen of him, aside from sticking to Bottle's wheel in stage 4.
I have no emotional investment in who wins, aside from hoping it Isn't Andy. Maybe I'm old school, (I am old), but he isn't a bike racer to me. He doesn't ride like a winner all season, and watching him get dragged around by Spartacus and company may be great tactics, but it shows weakness in all disciplines except mountain climbing to me.
Surely I'd like to see the 'Strongest Man' win, regardless of who that is. It's a shame that the first week of crashes and mayhem may deprive us of that, and the luckiest man may win. But le Tour has a way of finding the strongest man.....