Contador on the stage:
Alberto Contador came to the top of Super Besse “with good feelings, but the finish was not very demanding in terms of slope and it was very difficult to break”, he said explaining the outcome of the stage.
To Alberto this was not a duel with Andy Schleck, because “it was a climb of force, for people who can go up with the big plate, rather than for climbers, so I'm happy. Little more could be done on a stage like today. The best is that I've finished without a fall”.