Contador to go to Omega?

Interesting article in the cycling news - with thanks to Brisbane Gal for the link - saying that Omega are trying to get Conti to sign for them, once his ban ends on 5th August.

Side issue - bearing in mind how many times the UCI and WADA changed their minds about dates for Conti's trial, length of his ban etc etc, is anyone prepared to bet as to whether his ban ends on time? Or will there be a mysterious extension of the date?  No, I hope not.....

If Conti went to Omega, then it would open the way for the Leopards to go back to SaxoBlank: well, shall we say it would remove a couple of the (many) obstacles.  And that's a nice thought, to all those of us who remember the happy SexyBank days of a couple of years ago.

Apart from that, today is Saturday, it's another mountain stage, and the questions for today include:

1) will Kreutziger (pronounced Kroit-Zinger) be able to ride at all today, after his heroic effort yesterday?

2) will BMC have sacked their soigneur who gave him a bottle on the final climb? What? Didn't you see that? 22kms to go, camera bike on the lead group, shows the Astana rider making "drinking" motions with his hand, then a bottle appeared, which he grabbed, and as the camera panned on, it turned out to be from a BMC soigneur!  My view is very much "D'aaaw, that's why I like cycling, they are all so nice, and they help each other" but I can imagine a BMC boss getting a bit grumpy about helping the opposition.

3) will Rigoberto Uran continue to hold the Young Rider's jersey? Go, Rigo, go!

4) will Sandy Casar (pronounced Sann de'Kazarr) have recovered enough to ride again today?

5) will Frankie win the stage? Oh sorry, he's not in it any more, is he? Oops!