Originally Posted by
Keith99
But I will ask why were Astana Riders working in that break? Think about it. Their working made it so the team in yellow had ot work to minimize the time to be sure they kept yellow. It meant Astana riders had to work, when otherwise all Astana had a free ride. It would gain a most a few seconds, simply not worth it. Unless of course the idea was to get Lance placed ahead of Contador.
Cancellara was in yellow & in the break. It was a perfect set up for Astana. Of course they would work. Didn't matter if it was Lance, Alberto, Levi, or Andreas. When they saw that the break was going to stick they started to work.