Tour de France 2010

His brother isn't with him and Frank has been a very important part of him getting up the HC climbs. Psychologically that can have a massive impact on his performance. I think that it'll trouble him and at that point his race will be over.

I could be wrong though, but remember, many "certainties" have been destroyed by the three weeks of the TdF.

Maybe, but from everything I've read Andy is the more relaxed of the 2 and therefore potentially more likely to cope with that. My take is that Andy was outclimbing Frank for the last 2 years, though, regardless it does leave him isolated.