Before all the AC fans on here go to bed and start having wet dreams about Alberto Contador's attack on today's stage of the tour, I would like to post an uncensored version of today's stage.
First, I need to go back to Stage 3 when Lance "attacked" Alberto Contador - according to some Tard Nuggets on this message board. Lance did not attack Alberto to get his time advantage. It was windy, and Alberto was poorly positioned going into a corner where the peleton would be changing direction, this creates a situation where a breakaway is likely to happen, and it did. Lance was well positioned, along with Leipheimer and Popovych, and made it into the breakaway pack.
Today, Astana had four men in the group of GC contenders when Contador attacked - Lance, Contador, Leipheimer, and Kloden. By attacking Contador debilitates Armstrong, Kloden (who probably couldn't have helped anyway), and Leipheimer from attacking or pushing the pace in the GC contender pack.
Cycling 101: You don't help other teams catch one of your teammates on a break, even if the teammate is being a douche.
By the team rules of cycling, Lance and Leipheimer could only hold the wheels of the other men, TEAM TACTICS FORBID them from counter attacking or even pushing the pace. Had Lance been able to push the pace over the final km's he would have rode over 8 seconds faster and been wearing yellow in tomorrow's stage.
In summation, Contador's move on today's stage robbed his teammate and team of the yellow jersey.