I guess I still question when AS says, "I wouldnt have attacked like that", yet he jumped on Fabian's wheel when the stage 3 attack went and he even acknowledged it in his post race comments:
"The prologue went badly, yesterday I fell three times, but it was hard for everybody. Today we knew that we could change that. I was well placed on Fabian Cancellara's wheel. I rode flat out with him and I made good gains."
Here is Chavanel's comments:
Sylvain Chavanel was disappointed to lose the yellow jersey due to mechanical trouble. "There was that crash that made my chain come off, and then I was the victim of two punctures," he said. "As I didn't have the legs, it became very difficult [to get back on].
If they are going to race to some "code", I guess to me they should stick to the code, while not having these variables with the code.
A question for the bike mechanics/others; if it wasnt a shifting issue that everyone seems to suggest it wasnt, than would he have needed a bike exchange (ppl suggested it was a "mechanical" issue)? It seems he simply dropped his change because didnt he just get the chain back on(although a trouble time at it) and continue?
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