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TD is better placed for arrogance than the others. He's the strongest rider in this race
Which is why it's arrogant to have a go at your competitors with every journalist who will listen.
You can't ask the Maglia Rosa to do "do the honours" of controlling the race and then attack when he has trouble on the road.
It's not about honours. It's tactics. They want him to chase down attacks to wear him out. Why help him in any way and keep him fresher?
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They're not worried about Pinot. They're still after the number one spot. Rightly or wrongly they still see themselves as having a shot. That's a good thing for us.
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And in turn, why should he help them? Pinot threatens all three. It's tactics.
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You're misplacing arrogance with annoyance.
They didn't work to hurt him but at the same time risk their own positions. If they'd have ridden together the top three would've been more likely to remain top three and they could still have another go in a later stage. They were riding negatively, Tommy D is well within his rights to point this out.
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Jokes right? Nibali is all too often pulling super-twattish moves in races. Hope he has heard of karma.
Pinot was nowhere near as much of a threat to his #1 as he was to NQ and VN's podium places. If they wont work to keep them, that's their choice, but I don't see how TD should be doing the pulling. You can't ask the Maglia Rosa to do "do the honours" of controlling the race and then attack when he has trouble on the road. Nibali expects respect and gives none.
TD is better placed for arrogance than the others. He's the strongest rider in this race.