Bavarianrider said:
70 % of the main contenders are out of the race?
Out: Wiggins, vdb, Vino: Yeah that's 70% of the main contenders
I said out, badly injured or significant time loss. Let me put some more on the list for you:
Wiggins (out)
VdB (out)
Vino (out)
Gesink (badly injured and time loss)
Horner (out)
Levi (injured and huge time loss)
Brajkovic (out)
Klöden (injured)
Contador (injured and time loss)
Sanchez is a bordeline case. He lost significant time but isnt injured or out.
Unharmed and no time loss:
Andy
Frank
Evans
Basso
so whether your put Sanchez on the harmed or unharmed list its between 64% and 71%. In any case 9 GC-contenders are out of have been put back seriously cos of crashes
Caveat: one can always argue who you consider main-contenders. But from the top of my head that was the list of 14 I could come up with. Might have forgotten some.
EDIT: Forgot to add Tony Martin. He should be on the list too (though he will lose 20mins on one of the mountain stages (0; )