fulcrum said:Unless you are 100% positive that your manager is a snake that is out to get you and the teammate in question is aligned with the opposing side in your team.
Then, attacking him is exactly what you do. After that, you look back to make sure that he is not catching up and that back wheel sucking teammate has been dropped for sure. Then you ride behind your oponents to the finish line. After you put over 2 minutes into said teammate, you appear contrite to the press, telling them how much of a misunderstanding it all was. Masterful.
Then the fox in the henhouse realizes he has been outfoxed, and instead of accepting a fake apology, he sees the move for what it was, gets furious and sets his twitter on fire.
After all that, you tell the press that you will try to help the back stabbing fox retain whatever position he has at the podium.
While Contador may be paranoid I am not sure what you evidence supports your comment that Bruyneel is a snake. When has Bruyneel undercut the team leader in the past? I do not remember anyone on their prior teams that could challenge Armstrong for team leadership.
This year LA was somewhat of an unknown quality, due to a three year vacation but you really never know what is going to happen in the race (see LL crash). We know that LA was very strong in the past and did not know how strong he would be this year - clearly he was protected but that does not make Bruyneel a snake.