Lance Armstrong adhered to cycling’s sometimes puzzling protocol in the Pyrenees on Friday when, as much as he surely wanted to, he resisted chasing down Astana teammate Alberto Contador when the Spaniard attacked near the end of the lofty summit finish in Andorra.
Armstrong’s restraint allowed the Spaniard, his most daunting obstacle to an eighth yellow jersey, to gain 21 seconds, a potentially huge swing considering a mere two seconds separates them with 12 stages of the 96th Tour de France remaining.
Contador insisted Monday that he will …Â Details