Wher'd u Get That Jacket?
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For a sprinter to get over those mountains and into the promised land there has to be some thread of hope to cling to. Boonen had no such lifeline.
He wasn't sprinting well enough to win a stage and he wasn't going to take Green. He would have dug a big hole for himself in the Alps. He is better off to go home and recover and rebuild for the 2nd half. He has a world title to defend, that is a rope for him for sure.