Originally Posted by ultraman6970

I believe the question is... why he didnt want to just go ahead and catch the front group. They were just 1 km ahead of him maybe even less... I believe he was told do not screw up doing such a thing, astana doesnt need the yellow jersey this week, but at the end of next week. Nobody knows what Lance can do, neither sastre.

All the teams know that getting the yellow this week will get them too weak for the next stages that are harder than today's. Sastre knows this, Lance knows this, the schelcks and cadel knows this also. The other point is that the only guy who has a descent team this year is lance. Cadel is by himself again, the other 6 guys who ride with him will be virtually dead for the end of next week. Sastre same situation, and the schelcks too... in my opinion contador just showed up with a psychological move. I bet not even contador knows exactly how well lance is climbing, i saw a few minutes online and lance was just like riding in the park today... He is up to something, the question is when and where he will leave us all open jaws...

Thanks.