Floyd Landis – “My job was to follow Kloden...”

“We wanted to be conservative in this stage because we don’t want to control the race the entire time. I think we made a wise decision the other day to allow Pereiro to take the leader’s jersey. It’s unfortunate that he couldn’t hang onto it today because he fought hard and I wouldn’t mind if he kept it for another day. It did work in our favor for them (Caisse d’Epargne) to lead for a few days. _ “Our tactics on the final climb were to be conservative. Again it worked in my favor that Kloden was so strong today; he did most of the work and I wouldn’t mind having helped him but that wouldn’t have served any real purpose for me. _ “I’m not sure if I would gamble on surrendering the jersey again. It depends on the circumstances. I’m confident in my time trial ability so if something arises that could work in my favor I wouldn’t mind gambling again but I’d have to be careful. _ “It was a big breakaway and I would have preferred not to have let it go. It was a risk but we couldn’t chase everything all day. _ “My job was to follow Kloden and it just happens that I have the yellow jersey but Caisse d’Epargne can be proud. It’s now in my interest to follow my rivals and keep the time gaps that I have now and then plan for the time trial."