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Originally Posted by Geronimo '74
Lack of sportsmanship??
Do you see guys in F1 stopping when one has a mechanical breakdown?? Does a soccerteam take a guy from the field when a guy in the other team has had red?
Contador saw a chance and took it, good for him.
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As tradition goes in the sport, you do not attack the leader during 1) a piss break; 2) a feed zone and 3) a mechanical breakdown. You may ride pass, but you allow the leader to regroup and fight it out fairly as before.
One commentator said Contador's move is establishing a new age in cycling where the old "rules" no longer apply.
BTW: in soccer, opposing team members are always helping each other off the pitch once they've fallen or been tackled.
Whatever the case, Contador being booed while upon the podium on the border town of France and his own country of Spain, sung volumes.