Did Armstrong take a cue from Roche..................................

Don't know about the Roche thing, but I sure got the feeling that Lance could have easily ridden
back to Ulrich but decided to let Ulrich think he had a sustainable advantage so Ulrich would keep
wearing himself out. If that's what Lance was up to, it would seem to have worked brilliantly!

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Did Armstrong take a cue from Roche and let Ullrich attack they way Delgado did in the 1987 tdf.
Trying to remember if the Tourmalet was in the 1987 tdf, I will have to look at some of my
books... Luz Ardiden stage. The tactics were different, but there was some similarites. That day
Roche attaked in the feed and Delgado caught him during the descent. Delgado then attacked, but
Roche recovered. So perhaps Lance let Ullrich attack.

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Did Armstrong take a cue from Roche and let Ullrich attack they way Delgado did in the 1987 tdf.
Trying to remember if the Tourmalet was in the 1987 tdf, I will have to look at some of my
books... Luz Ardiden stage. The tactics were different, but there was some similarites. That day
Roche attaked in the feed and Delgado caught him during the descent. Delgado then attacked, but
Roche recovered. So perhaps Lance let Ullrich attack.

Don't know if he cued from Roche, but he did say in post race interview that he thought it was too
early (because of the long descent).