Originally Posted by Smoothie104
Kelme and Once used to do this in the Mountains all the time. They'd send a guy on a flyer an hour or so before the main climb. He would slow down and recover a bit when the leaders were getting close, then the team leader would attack, and all of a sudden, he's got a team mate already up there to pull him along.
Postal did that last year during the Vuelta. When it works it's a brilliant move.