Unbelievable...what [censored] racing.
The Navigators were the only team today to show any ambition.
HealthNet or CSC are obviously not interested in winning the race.
Postal was never challenged or put under pressure.
With having some young riders and with Eki and Hincapie likely not to
want to have to dig deep for this race, there should have been real
attack early. Moninger, Julich, Vooight or Lleswyn are NOT going to
get any significant time on a rested Lance in the final miles and they
definately aren't going to take the jersey from him tomorrow. Both of
those teams had dangerous riders in the top 20 who could have been in
early moves and really isolated Armstrong.
Instead they let Creed and Cruz set tempo all day, gaining confidence
and sparing the big hitters....for what....maybe a stage win ? Table
scraps.
Sierra Nevade and Ofoto may not have playas...but at least they have
balls.
And Chris Horner and Cesar are exempt from this criticism for obvious
reasons.