Locutus sez

And while the Lance-haters will cry foul because he had his men "attack"
after Mayo crashed (a crash that included Postal rider Benjamin Noval),
there was nothing unsportsmanlike about it. That attack was part of a plan
that had been formulated before the Tour even began, and in fact, Lance had
his men on the front hammering for a long time before the crash even
happened. Phonak, T-Mobile, CSC, Lotto-Domo, Fassa Bortolo, and Gerolsteiner
all helped extend the advantage to the end, playing a bigger role than
Postal on the front of the peloton once the cobbles were over. It was a
horribly unlucky day for Euskaltel-Euskadi, but lashing out at Lance and his
awesome US Postal teammates for that misfortune is just sour grapes.

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