Tour De France 2011

I was wondering, and I mean wondering as I don't know too much a about it. Last year Cadel was world champ right? he looked like he was suffering like hell on the tour. This year, do you think he focused more on the tour, having ticked world champ off last year? or is this a load of tosh cos I don't know what I'm talking about?

To be fair Cadel had a smash early on last year and broke his elbow, but continued on and actually took the yellow jersey on that stage. He then finished the rest of the tour with a broken elbow, so I think he could be excused for looking like he was suffering a little bit.