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no fucking chance cadel will retire. a bit of road rash is not a reason to abandon a tour that you're in the box seat of winning.
ricco can afford to blast a climb and win stages because he's not riding for GC. it doesn't matter if he backs up tomorrow or drops off the back - nobody expects him to be at the front every day. but cadel/valverde/menchov/sastre/other GC riders have to be up there every day, they can't afford to blast a stage and then be fucked the next day.
so i don't know if Ricco would look so much better up the hills if the other big guys actually gave a shit about chasing him down.