Gerrit Stolte wrote:

After getting two seconds closer to Lance in the first intermediate
sprint, Lance wouldn't have allowed him to take more in the 2nd one.


Do you think they _allowed_ him those two seconds? 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?


As
for sprinting for stage victories? The top sprinters would make minced
meat of Ullrich, who would only risk a crash without a chance of gaining
a single second.


I know that it is very unlikely and somewhat risky. But I do not think
that it is unlikelier than winning the ITT by more than 1:04.


Erik needs every point he can get for the green jersey, even if he says
he doesn't care about it - so wouldn't it be sensible for his team to
try to let flat stages end in mass sprints?

Errr. Wether or not they end in mass sprints, Zabel obviously hasn't the
final speed to beat his opponents for the jersey.


Well, he beat Cooke yesterday and today. If he sprinted in all sprints
he could be in green already.


Ciao,
SM
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