Things I Noticed in Le Tour

Le Tour is over for another year and what a great tour it was. A fantastic battle between two equally matched riders.
It was interesting to see that pro's still make bad gear changes and drop their chain. Schleck admitted he made a mistake with chain cross-over and it may have cost him the tour. That and the fact that he rode like a club cyclist in the prologue.

I noticed a lot more riders running positive stems in the peloton this year. I think they may have finally started to figure out that looking pro can actually have a negative effect on your performance.
Also I saw a large number of traditional bend handlebars and compact bars being used. Comfort = Performance when all other things are equal.

And even though Alberto did win the tour in last time trail just imagine how much faster he could have gone is he wasn't flopping around like a fish in his TT position. Every four strokes he had to push himself back in the saddle. That would suggest to me that his position was a little too long.