Originally Posted by Laggard
No, Hincapie likely went with the break in an attempt to gain the yellow jersey. Postal was trying to get him in a break for that reason. Armstrong and crew have no reason to care if four riders with no hope of a GC win take off down the road. If George had been in that winning break there's no reason to believe that he would not have worked with them. T-Mobile however for some reason didn't want George in yellow.
I thought the entire USPS team was working together to get LA the Tour win. If this assumption is correct, then what would the team gain by having Hincappie get the YJ at this stage?