Originally Posted by collegeskier
Jan should not have chase Vino down, it was bad tatics all around. It hurt both of them and helped Lance, just a plan bad move all around. You simply don't chase down a teammate who is on a break. You wheel suck to him. It was a bad team and tatics move by T-Mobile. And if Jan could not figure that out that probably explains why he has not beaten Lance.
On a side note why would Vino go for minor fame, he won BLB this year alone has been on the podium of the TDF and have a very good history in general. Really minor fame of an attack, I don't think so.
I don't think Vino's "attack" was going anywhere period. He had been dropped before and had to ride like hell on a downhill and still had trouble making contact with that group. Then he goes on an "attack". He got 30 meters ahead and then cracked again. Its not like the guy was motoring up the mountain. He blew up up and went right out the back of that group, again. Some people are making it sound like he was 2 minutes up the road and the T-Mobile guys tracked him down with Lance, Basso, and Rasmussen in tow.
Vino was behind everyone in that group. And wasn't putting any time on any of them. Why do you think that none of the other guys reacted to Vino's "attack"? I'm more inclined to believe that he was supposed to lead out and either Kloden and Jan didn't get the word until to late or Vino led out a little to strong and gapped them.
Lance was marking Jan and Basso. And unless Vino or Rasmussen showed that they were going to rocket up the mountian ahead of the stiff pace they were already keeping, Lance was not worried about them.