Originally Posted by Bikeophile
Ok what GOOD did it do for Lance to Wait for Ullrich when he went over the into the ditch a couple years ago? The tour has a lot of tradition, which normally would include not leaving the Yellow Jersey less than 2km from the finish line.
You can't compare those two situations. They are WAY different.
Anyway, on a normal stage, no one waits at 2km from the finish.
Even if you tried to compare the two... Armstrong letting up in 2001 didn't hurt him at all. Tactically it was probably better to wait for him anyway. In the CSC case, all it would have done was slow the team down a little bit while providing absolutely no purpose or benefit.