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Old July 25th 03, 07:32 PM
Gerrit Stolte
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Default Why don't Bianchi and Telekom ride for their stars?

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:27:19 +0200, (Sven
Mischkies) wrote:

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?


He toook them by surprise. Nobody expected him to chase down for those
seconds. This won't happen anymore.

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.

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.


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


If he sprints in all sprints, Cooke et al. would also do. None of them
has participated in all sprints. As was clear in today's and yesterday's
finish, Zabel doesn't have enough final speed.
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