mr. tibbs said:
Giro final GC:
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 84:05:14
[...]
12 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:18:06
Tour current GC:
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:04:44
[...]
26 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:31:52
I think the greater perspective tells a slightly different story.
Well to be fair nasty was just proving Pisti wrong after Pisti said that every rider that did the Giro had already dropped out.
And Dupont is still a hero. He dropped the likes of Scarponi, Nibali, Joaquim Rodriguez on Grossglockner, was up there on a lot of stages.
I was surprised to see him do so well here. Contador is special, yes so obviously hes done better at both the Tour and the Giro, but from the other people that did the Giro only Szmyd and Hoogerland have shown their faces at the Tour, and neither did as well at the Giro as Dupont.