I seem to recall the opposite. Schleck was very adamant it was a win (although he was careful not to lay into Contador). His acceptance press release is online.
I thought he'd been a bit underwhelmed and said that he didn't want it that way and hadn't got to stand on the podium so even if he felt he'd won it it didn't have the same meaning or something? Been years so I may be putting my own varnish on it given everything that followed with Schleck.
I seem to recall the opposite. Schleck was very adamant it was a win (although he was careful not to lay into Contador). His acceptance press release is online.