I suppose today we might find out who has the best team cos the GC guys are going to need to be delivered to the Alpe having done as little work as possible. Reckon it's a day for Jens and Fabian to turn themselves inside out.
What Andy did was reminiscent of the old days - striking out for home from a long way out, he rode like a champion - now can he do it all again today or are his legs shredded?
The thing i noticed last night was the difference in gearing - Schlek is following the Armstrong approach of turning an easier gear more often, the 'cadence' method - this has been the dominant appproach for a few years now cos it offers the chance to accelerate quickly and is supposed to do less damage to the legs. It looks like you're dancing on the pedals. And riders have such a range of gears to use now - most have 11 choices on the rear cassette ranging from an 11 or 12 tooth sprocket up to dinner plates of 27 ( someone like Cav may have even more to go up hills), giving them more chance of a comfortable gear to turn often (90+ times a minute)
Cadel though is much more like Ullrich, he rides 'en force' - turning a harder gear less often, in theory it should be faster once you get momentum but only someone with thighs like tree trunks can do it for any length of time going up the Galibier - watching Cadel grind it out yesterday was impressive indeed. You have to wonder how many days someone can do that for before their legs are screaming.