“The objective of the day was not to take the jersey from Cyril Dessel, he’s a rider who deserves to lead the Tour for a little bit longer and he’s not amongst the real favorites for the Tour de France. That’s one of the reasons why we didn’t opt for a strong attack until the final two climbs. _ “We let T-Mobile take responsibility for the action on the Col du Portillon. We were a little bit afraid because we thought that they had to be really confident in Kloden to do this but when the selection was made we saw that Floyd was more solid. _ “In reality Floyd had no real need to attack because the others did that for him. He just decided to maintain a rapid tempo in the final kilometers to increase the advantage he gained over some of his main rivals.”
Interview
July 13
th
2006
- 18:22
John Lelangue (Phonak) – “The others attack for him...”
