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Old 05-25-09 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by kimconyc
No, Levi--as leader--should not have gotten dropped. I'm really disappointed. I thought Levi had the killer instinct. Maybe the crash really did hurt him more than it appears.

It's crazy how Popo broke down too. WTF was the point of that breakaway without any legitimate result? He basically just wasted enough energy where the rest day probably won't do crap for him and the whole Astana team might simply get dropped on the way up Blockhaus.

I just don't get it...
The point of putting Popo up the road was to have him fall back to help Levi when Levi and company started their move....the problem was that there was an 'and company' but no Levi...at the point that Levi started to falter Popo should have fallen back to lend a hand...he was 9min down for gods sake what good would it have done the overall even if he had won? Well it's pretty much over for Levi now...he's not going to even get onto the podium, the fight is between Basso and Sastre for third and Menchov and DiLuca for the top step. Rabobank has ridden very very well as a team, much better than I would have expected and Menchov is riding at what may be his best form of his career. Wed is going to be epic.
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