Gerrit Stolte wrote:

Why should they do
that? If they were not able to stop them this time maybe he could have
slipped away on other occasions, too?

Are you only following the TdF when Ullrich is successful? What you are
talking about is pure speculation. Ullrich couldn't win more, because he
wasn't following the group. Had he done so, there would have been no
breakaway, as USPS would have closed the gap *very* fast.


Not slipping away on a break - that's impossible, of course, except
maybe VERY close to the end of a stage (of course USPS would have to be
caught sleeping, but hey - nothing is impossible ), but slipping away
to gain a few sprint points and seconds.


Ciao,
SM
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