What's interesting to me is the way Contador came to Cadel's aide on Stage 19, as others have written. Before the stage I was chewing over the problem of how to handle to Schleck tag team in the thread, and the Saxo Bank angle did occur to me:
I'm thinking if I were Ochowicsz, or Cadell's DS, I'd be on the phone with Riis. If Evan's can enlist the support of Saxo Bank, that would be - *could* be - huge. Why would they help? As someone mentioned above: for revenge. Plus whatever else they might want.
But when aid from Saxo Bank actually arrived, in the form of Contador's long flyer from 16 Km into the stage, I was caught completely unawares, as in, "What the . . . .!" It was not the style of help I envisioned - too unusual - but in the end it did the job of driving a stake (not "steak"
) into the heart of the Schleck form, proving to be the most effective help Cadel could have been offered.
The question remains, was it pre-arranged with Riis, something Riis offered spontaneously, or an unplanned gift from Contador?
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