Schleck leads

Contador leads

Side-by-side

Arm-in-arm

One of the most amazing sporting sequences I’ve ever seen. Schleck & Contador perfectly matched, climbing a mountain through cloud, shoulder to shoulder, neither able to snap the cord that held them together, like Lyra and her dæmon. Staggering, the bond between them after that experience is hard to fathom. Hats off.

(photos from The Guardian)