Robert Merivel said:Let me get this on the records from you.
What you are saying is that AC did not "defying team orders?" Forget all the other BS "Drivel" (if I may be so bold as to use a word that you seem fond of using habitually) in your post, are you saying that AC did not divide the team by his move?
Johan Bruyneel's plan for Tour de France
Stage 1:
Lance go out early and pray for rain. ( Do not work
Stage 3:
Astana team A uses Columbia HighRoad to drop Astana team B. ( Works !
Stage 5:
See plan for Stage 3 but as George W. Bush always says "Fool me twice, err. Won't get fooled again ( Do not work
Stage 7:
Armstrong wins, everyone else just shut-up and color ( Do not work
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