Originally Posted by MDcatV

todays stage was great. the way usps just let telekom and phonak lead at the base of the climb was tactical genius. when the telekom guys started falling off one by one cooking themselves, it was awesome the way hincapie came to the front and pushed it while heras and armstrong waited in the wings. then when vino attacked heras kept his cool, rode him down and dispatched him accordingly. after simoni, landis, and hamilton finally cracked, heras lit it up so it was just him, armstrong and beloki. when armstrong went, beloki didnt have a chance. cool the way heras chased down beloki to take 2nd on the stage. i felt bad for jalabar and virenque, they were out in front for so long, I thought they'd maybe they had a chance to get to the top of the climb ahead of the gc guys.