Doug Taylor said:
Quoted message said:It was plain to all he would best Mayo and Zubeldia by 2 minutes +/- in the ITT. So where was
Euskatel on Stage 16? They did absolutely nothing in the peloton to try to pull Tyler in on his
epic stage win. Telokom did most of the work taking 2 or 3 minutes out of Tyler's lead to protect
both Vino (not to mention Zabel, still with a chance at the Green). Quickstep was up there as
well. So where as Euskatel? 4th and 5th place not worth protecting? So why did Mayo take those
bonus points from Ullrich again? I don't get it.
i don't know, reading the live report at
cyclingnews.comtour03Open ↗
it sounds like e-e did try to pull him back too, (i'm not saying how effective they were..)
for example-
14:02 CEST 103 km/96 km to go The riders are now all on the Col de Bagargui, a steep Cat. 1 climb
that should cause some damage. Euskaltel Euskadi continues to lead the peloton, in pursuit of
Tyler Hamilton's group in front, which is shedding riders now.
for me though, the most amusing part of that read is this little bit-
15:34 CEST 55 km/142.5 km to go In the peloton, a Euskaltel rider attacks on the Soudet. It's
Roberto Laiseka, who takes Mario Aerts (Telekom) and Tyler Hamilton (CSC) with him.
duh...
heather