Time goes...everything progress in life, lot of thinks improve in cycling: technology, bikes, globalization means more people to select a champion... but some things are remaining; Laiseka still hold the best time in Ax 3 Domaines.
Contador and Andy looking each other, and stopping several times, did the same time than Porte today.
Good numbers for Froome, he was great today, but the first mountain stage, as in Hautacam, Lance did best numbers, clearly best numbers, becouse is a longer climb.
2003 is not possible to compare: longer stage, really hot, hardest Tour, Alps behind, and some things has improved in cycling this years,... so, his time then is still amazing, more impresive than in 2001, and of course more impresive than today Froome.