This is a great article on how detailed the Postal team is in its approach to the Tour.
http://www.velonews.com/...articles/6618.0.html
In addition to their bus parking skill, I found this passage interesting.
"You have probably seen that some of the well-financed teams like Postal fly at least their star riders off of the mountain in helicopters. But with whatever means you get them down, you want to set off ASAP, and I would not be surprised if recovery time went into the decision for Armstrong to let Ivan Basso win the stage to La Mongie. (I realize that it is not a generally agreed upon point that Armstrong did not contest the final meters, but I have no doubt.)
Had Armstrong won that stage, he would have had to go to mandatory medical control, stand on the podium, and, after the podium presentation, give a mandatory press conference (the stage winner and the yellow the jersey always must do all three of these things). Once he has the yellow jersey, he must commit this amount of time anyway after each stage, but until then, he only is required to if he wins a stage. These duties can delay his departure for the hotel, massage, dinner and bed by perhaps an hour and a half."
http://www.velonews.com/...articles/6618.0.html
In addition to their bus parking skill, I found this passage interesting.
"You have probably seen that some of the well-financed teams like Postal fly at least their star riders off of the mountain in helicopters. But with whatever means you get them down, you want to set off ASAP, and I would not be surprised if recovery time went into the decision for Armstrong to let Ivan Basso win the stage to La Mongie. (I realize that it is not a generally agreed upon point that Armstrong did not contest the final meters, but I have no doubt.)
Had Armstrong won that stage, he would have had to go to mandatory medical control, stand on the podium, and, after the podium presentation, give a mandatory press conference (the stage winner and the yellow the jersey always must do all three of these things). Once he has the yellow jersey, he must commit this amount of time anyway after each stage, but until then, he only is required to if he wins a stage. These duties can delay his departure for the hotel, massage, dinner and bed by perhaps an hour and a half."