Quick.step tactics in RvV...

"Steve McGinty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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...seemed to be centred around a nostalgic/idealistic finale for
Museeuw rather than pragmatic support for their strongest riders
(Boonen/Bettini).

Not really: all the obvious favourites sat on each other and waited for
someone else to go, and after knackering themselves to catch the big break
no-one felt like going. General tactical failures by everyone except
T-mobile, IMO: Wesemann should never have been allowed to go away in that
break of three, he was always going to win the sprint, and the second group
was never going to catch up with only Dekker interested in working.

Peter

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...seemed to be centred around a nostalgic/idealistic finale for
Museeuw rather than pragmatic support for their strongest riders
(Boonen/Bettini).

Regards!
Stephen

I'm not sure why they let Boonen work so much, but assumed that it was
because he did not really have a good day and wanted to sacrifice himself to
give the others a better chance. It appeared that Boonen had to work for
Bettini rather than the other way around.

"Jonathan v.d. Sluis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| Steve McGinty <[email hidden]> schreef in
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| > ...seemed to be centred around a nostalgic/idealistic finale for
| > Museeuw rather than pragmatic support for their strongest riders
| > (Boonen/Bettini).
| >
| > Regards!
| > Stephen
|
| I'm not sure why they let Boonen work so much, but assumed that it was
| because he did not really have a good day and wanted to sacrifice
himself to
| give the others a better chance. It appeared that Boonen had to work
for
| Bettini rather than the other way around.

You're kidding, of course, that this would surprise you?
Why would someone with Bettini's palmeres be asked to work for Boonen?

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"Jonathan v.d. Sluis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| Steve McGinty <[email hidden]> schreef in
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| > ...seemed to be centred around a nostalgic/idealistic finale for
| > Museeuw rather than pragmatic support for their strongest riders
| > (Boonen/Bettini).
| >
| > Regards!
| > Stephen
|
| I'm not sure why they let Boonen work so much, but assumed that it was
| because he did not really have a good day and wanted to sacrifice
himself to
| give the others a better chance. It appeared that Boonen had to work
for
| Bettini rather than the other way around.

You're kidding, of course, that this would surprise you?
Why would someone with Bettini's palmeres be asked to work for Boonen?

He said he was willing to do it, and in Bettini's case, it's not unlikely.
One of these days we'll see it happen, perhaps in the tour, should Boonen be
sprinting well.