Originally Posted by
Meesterbond
I disagree, if you've got 3 vs 1 with 10/20km to go then the three need to decide who they want to win and the other two work over the one until he cracks leaving a nice clear run to the finish.
When Terpstra attacked, why did Vandenburgh tow Stannard back - he shouldn't have been taking turns at all, let Stannard burn his matches all the way back, then Vandenburgh attacks and Stannard has to work again, then Boonen goes - repeat until Stannard is buried. It's bike racing 101 and it doesn't matter how much stronger Stannard was, if Etixx had been properly drilled they would have won.
That's not to take anything from the Essex boy, he played it absolutely perfectly.