Walter Walter Walter, got footage of the stage 2 sprint? He was following an echelon/sprinting line he had no right to follow because he was crossing all these sprinters' lines behind him. If you watch it is very obvious. Overcoming the CSC doco shows an upclose of it, and then you see him look down at his crank arm, but after he made his shift for the racing line. The mechanical had nothing to do with it.

Just what is your motive in this specious claim. Take a look, any objective person would see that. His place on that stage was not too much further back than Davis. Boonen got sprint points also.

You are a fool son.

stage 2 2004

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 35 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 26
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 22
6 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 20
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18
9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 17
10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16
11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 14
13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 13
14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 12
15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 11
16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10
17 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9
18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8
19 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 6
21 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5
22 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 4
23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3
24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2
25 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1

Stage 7 2005

Davis was somewhere between 6th and 10th prior to relegation.