Maybe the views of Contador as evasive and unfriendly have to do with his media exposure in the US/UK, through the lens of pro-Lance Versus, without a command of English? In interviews in Spanish, he sounds quite humble and shy.

I think Contador did what he needed to do to win the tour -- nobody should fault him for that.

As for joining Garmin, it'd be interesting to see if it works out. I hope we don't have any post tour doping 'surprises'. Contador's 'proximity' to doping (witness in Operacion Puerto) is not any worse than Armstrong and US Postal being clients of Michele Ferrari, aka Dottore Sangue.