Originally Posted by
aloysius
I was a bit surprised to see Pozzato give up on his late attack the way that he did. He must have know that, given the pedigree of the sprinters behind him(Boonen, Freire, Pettachi et al) he wouldn't have much of a chance in a bunch finish. Why not just go for broke, then? What did he have to lose?
When you're out of go juice you're out. What's the point of dangling off the front for an extra 2 seconds? He was caught with 1km to go. There's no point in putting in the extra effort because his breakaway was doomed. After 295km, you can't blame the guy.