Schleck: “Armstrong is very, very strong and he’s very lean”

SHOOT: Schleck says the danger man in this year's tour isn't Contador.

clipped from sports.yahoo.com LIMOGES, France, July 13 (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong has the strength to win his personal duel with Astana team mate Alberto Contador, another of the race’s main contenders, Andy Schleck said on Monday. “Armstrong is very, very strong and he’s very lean,” the younger of the Schleck brothers, and best young rider in last year’s Tour, said of the seven-times Tour champion. “He has the engine to win the Tour. A lot of riders focus more on Contador, but Armstrong has a good card to play. “If one day he has the chance to take some time, he won’t miss it. And then he will be very hard to catch,” the 24-year-old Luxembourg climber told reporters on the rest day in Limoges. “He’s strong but not unbeatable,” Schleck said of Contador. “That day, he only took 20 seconds. We must wait and see how strong he is in the Alps, but with only one stage finish at the top of a mountain, he’s not going to make huge gaps.”