Schleck resorts to mind games

TOUR DE FRANCE leader Andy Schleck believes he fared better in the latest battle with nearest rival Alberto Contador yesterday as the race entered the Pyrenees.

Christophe Riblon (Ag2r La Mondiale) won the 184.5-kilometre 14th stage from Revel to Ax-3-Domaines, but all eyes were trained on Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) and Contador (Astana) — last year’s runner-up and winner, respectively.

Schleck kept a 31-second advantage over Contador, with Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) third overall, two minutes behind the Spaniard having trimmed 14 seconds off the deficit yesterday.