We've had a good run of races, today's going to be very hard work for Ralf and for his very energetic team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya who was on the fourth row of the grid.
Research carried out by one of his postdoctoral students involving 30 Sheffield sixth formers showed that 85% of the texts they sent were going to one of two people - usually a boyfriend or girlfriend and a best mate.
Without a summit finish, the Tour's second day in the mountains was never going to be as dramatic as Friday, when Contador surged away from his Astana team-mate Armstrong on the climb to the line.