you didn't get the logic right.
and some of that i'm not touching cuz it just appears to be venting.
but i'll say this - i'm not making excuses. i didn't say AC was deserving of anything or that he *should* win or anything of the sort. I merely stated the obvious - these people want to win against AC with their legs, not with crashes/bad luck. Basso said so himself the other day, so you needn't even take my word for it. had ulrich won that year lancey-poo had the flu, wouldn't everyone have said, "good for jan, but really, he beat a sick opponent so..." so it's not much of a leap to say that, if andy wins, that the victory is a hair less convincing since he was spotted 1:30 by AC from the start. doesn't mean it isn't a good win, just means it's a win against a weakened field.
plus, the TTT wasn't really bad for Saxo. they knew full well they'd lose the time there, just like last year over the cobbles. so, i'm afraid your assessment of it being not good enough simply isn't shared by many of us, nor the team itself.
lastly, had Cuddles come to the Tour in the kind of shape to win, never had a cracked day and was 4th after doing a tough Giro beforehand, i'm guessing when the flak flew about him not winning, you'd have been fine had someone said "well, he had a giro in his legs already so you could understand the missing firepower."
really, you just seem to hate AC or really love Cuddles. fair enough, but don't let it cloud your judgement on everything else.