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I did find that a little odd..
Was there any tactical logic to Chris taking it other than because he could - was there someone in the break who would have taken the race lead if he hadn't?
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Who knows. Why not try and win it for Peter and risk Chris not winning it? Because; Sky.
(although that is - in itself - fine and the point of racing, just don't pretend it's different)
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Potentially yes. It's a common tactic, if someone who's a threat on GC goes up the road, send your second best placed rider with him, and tell him to sit on.
Sky can't win in a race like this, if they don't win they'll get criticised for not taking it seriously, if they do win, they'll get criticised for being greedy.
I doubt very much that Froome went there for free, so if the race sponsors ponied up the cash for him to race they'll have wanted him to make an effort, rather than rolling in with the laughing group every day.
J0nathan
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http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/article/2016/02/07/kennaugh-and-shaw-jayco-herald-sun-tour-confrontation
Is it any wonder that Sky have such negative sentiment against them with tactics like this? (noting the context of Froome having given gushing post-stage 1 interviews about wanting to pay Kennaugh back for his TDF support).
Also, I had forgotten how dreadful and annoying a commentator Rob Hatch is. Just watched the Hatta Dam stage and he pronounces 'Lobatao' differently three times in about 30 seconds.