Originally Posted by
Howzit
Geezuz dude. Sastre attacked from a long, long way out, near the bottom of the climb. His team didnt pace him up to near the finish.
It was from about 40% of the way up. Frank and Andy varied up the pace a bit to force responses and make legs heavy, and then Carlos took off.
I don't know if giving Lance and Bruyneel credit for the tactic is accurate. Certainly they used it effectively, but the tactic was used long before 1999.
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Last edited by USAZorro; 07-13-09 at 05:22 PM.
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