flicker said:
Great ride by Saxo, to bad about Frank. As much as I wanted to see Shack put time into Contador, obviously Contador and Vino were superior.
I still think the tour is between Lance and Alberto. It was not a Shack fail as there was no shack carnage.
I wonder how many people, especially the Shack, Astana, and BMC, are rethinking the strategy from yesterday.
These teams had had LA, LL, AK, AC, and Evans all far ahead of the Schrecks and about 5 guys that could have put the hammer down to make sure AS/FS didn't get back.
Instead they waited and let AS get back and not lose time on the others. Today, AS was more than happy to make time gains on AC/LA/etc... by having Cancellara drive it on the cobbles and not slow down for any flats or wrecks.
Perhaps after anothe 20 days we will see AS up in a position he would not have been in had they decided to drive the pace yesterday. AC/LA/CE were stoooooopid to wait.