You can always rely on Statler and Waldorf to either completely miss or completely misintepret moves. Saxo were on the front “to protect Contador”, nothing to do with GC contender TJ Van Gardening being on the ground abandoned by half his team, then?
Well yes, they were almost certainly on the front to protect Contador. They probably didn’t even realise TJ was down, and if they did, so what? TJ hasn’t had much form this year, and isn’t really a threat to Contador.. Commentating is a harder job than some people give it credit, and they were probably right on this one.