Just like Breukink, but the perhaps excellent communication between Breukink and Menchov did not really trickle down leading to an improved understanding between equipiers and the captain.
I can only imagine what it must be like at the dinner table after a stage. Johan, Lance, Levi, Horner (?) and Popovich chattering away, cracking their jokes (like the Levi and Lance show on livestrong), while the acclaimed Roy d'Astana is sitting quietly in a corner, with Kloden, Haimar, the token Kazach and someone else...
The king of France in the proximity of the unruly anglo-saxons, over which he is supposed to reign, but who he cannot really understand. That's a morale booster for a three week summer camp, sharing bunk beds...