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.
G'day,
sorry Laggard, gotta disagree with this view. There absolutely no way that the 'posties' were gunna try & put their strongest rider in a break, when the tour still has 2 1/2 weeks to go. Presumably this is why George didn't end up in the break, he certainly has the ability & the strength to have 'stuck it' if he really wanted. No, lance is conserving the troops to work for him, which is what they get paid for. T. mobile were never going to let anyone as high on GC as george, go anywa. Jan is smart enough to know what was going on, but team tactics will never consciously allow someone who is only 10sec down on GC, to go in a break.
cheers,
Hitchy