Originally Posted by paperbackwriter

Oh, and one more thing- perhaps one could say that what goes around, comes around for Movistar- but did Valverde in particular deserve it? He knows his fair play. Just one example- Dauphine 2009. He attacked with Szmyd on Mt Ventoux and they made an agreement that if everything goes well, Szmyd will take the stage and Valverde the yellow jersey. The difference was big enough for Valverde to indeed take leadership from Evans but close to the top, Szmyd blew completely. It would be okay for Valverde to go for the stage as well in this situation, especially since he was also going after time and this way he'd have gained more. But still he practically stopped until Szmyd passed him.