I guess the world can always use more manners seeing as how so much of society seems to be degenerating around us but, what is with Contador having to go on YouTube and apologize for trying to win the most significant bike race in the world? Its not like he caused the problem.
Cycling is supposed to be a hard sport. Its a hard sport involving machines. Machines fail. Should he have also have slowed down and/or apologized if Schleck punctured too? Do GP drivers slow down when their competition has a mechanical?….no. Do sailors stop racing if the windward boat tears a sail…no. Did Thevenet stop when Merckx got punched in the stomach by some idiot French spectator during the 1975 Tour….no…..and this event had a very real effect on Eddy’s loss to Thevenet that year.
Even at my lower level of racing throughout the years I’ve been on both sides of fortune. Chasing down a fleeting group after being on the wrong side of a crash, or putting it in a bigger gear when one of the key riders flats. That’s bike riding. Guess what…not everybody is a winner.
Pro’s are paid to win races. Look at all the sit in sprint specialists who think nothing of never going to the front except during the last 200 metres of a race.
Sometimes makes me mental this wimpy world we seem to be living in.
Anyway, I still think this is the best Tour I’ve seen in years!!