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I think Millar's strategy for the race is to try and win a stage, not do well in the overall so he can afford to take risks on stages like today's. The problem with today's move was that he's too close to the overall lead to be given much leeway, so Saxo Bank made sure the gap didn't get too big that the sprinters teams would lose interest. Rabobank took over from them with a long way to go and then, oddly, Astana started riding. The only reason I can think of as to why they did so was to keep their leaders up front and out of trouble, but with either Armstrong or Contador likely to take yellow tomorrow you'd think they'd have saved their energy.
Millar should try again on Sunday, it's a tough stage but there is a long way from the top of the last climb to the finish and he could get away with some climbers then drop them on the run in.