“This was a really difficult stage to control because the peloton was always nervous during the first two hours. We then just had to ride to maintain a reasonable gap to those in the escape group. It was an effort that demanded a lot of effort from everyone in my team. _ “Sure, Popovych is now less than five minutes behind in the general classification thanks to his win today but it wasn’t so important to reel his escape group in. If he tries again, you can be sure that we won’t allow him the luxury of the advantage he achieved today.”
Interview
July 14
th
2006
- 18:12
Floyd Landis – “If he tries again...”
