Carnage puts Evans in pole positionThere has been unprecedented carnage among the favourites, who now total three, or perhaps two and a half depending on the state of Alberto Contador's wounded knee. If he is indeed pedalling on one leg, an apt image for a race that has lost so many stars and includes so many pedalling wounded, it will mean the outcome of the 2011 Tour depends on how Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans react in the coming days.
Both Schleck and Evans have one thing in common which explains why they are unscathed while Bradley Wiggins, Jürgen van den Broeck, Alexandr Vinokourov and Robert Gesink are at home or, in Gesink's case, might as well be. Their respective teams, Leopard-Trek and BMC, include the best "bodyguards" in the business.
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