I was a little surprised at the last stage of the ToC. I didn't understand how CSC and Disco team strategy relegated this stage to a sprint finish. Obviously, this race meant the most to the americans (with 5 of the top 6 americans representing 4 diff teams), but is it that prestigious to have a 2 thru 6 result in the GC? Disco and CSC were non players in the race thru 8 laps. I was at the top of the hill the entire race and was thinking every lap, this time by someone is going to have to make a move. It never happened. With CSC having 2nd and 3rd, wouldn't it make sense that they could attack with either zabriskie or jullich? Now I completely understand that 29 secs in a CR is a big time gap, but wouldn't you try? BTW, what type of prize money is generally associated with ProTour stage races?

The velonews.com article about the redondo stage is a good read.