Is Armstrong's dreams of seeing 8 slipping away?

Yesterday's Stage 15 of the Tour De France left me disappointed as Lance Armstrong fell victim of his own teammate, Spaniard Alberto Contador take charge of the tour.

At the same time, ended the speculation about who really is the true leader of Team Astana; Armstrong or Contador?

Advantage Contador, now that he's wearing the Yellow jersey with a 1:37 advantage. (In cycling, that's a pretty long time.) His victory salute said it all [pictured]; bump to his chest, straighten out the arm and hand shaped like a pistol, then fire. Did that action just shatter Lance's quest at 8? Or is that for the time being?

"[Alberto] showed he was the best in the race and clearly the best climber [after Stage 15]," said Lance. "I'm proud of him; he rode great. That's how you win the Tour de France."

Wait, what? That really sounds like he's just conceding to him. Pisses me off how everyone back here's rooting for him and then all of a sudden it's like, "Eh, whatever, he won it, it's cool, no big." There's now 5 stages left with the whole tour finishing up on the 26th.

I know Lance is being a consummate team player in every step of the way, but is too much a killer on your own part? Like I stated earlier, he's behind his teammate Contador by a 1 minute, 37 seconds (2nd overall), and that's a whole lot harder when it has to be your own comrade.

To win, I'm guessing he's got to dig stuff from inside like back in his days in '04-'05, or be the backstabbing teammate and go for the win. I don't support that, but if you came back for your eighth TDF title, then something's got to give.