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Don't agree with the criticism of Vandenbergh. Without a radio and patchy time gap info surely he was quite right to ride hard and assume that a chase would be organised behind whilst Chavanel sat in? If he sat up there was no guarantee Chava would win the sprint anyway, so why not guarantee second or give Chava chance for the win by making the chase hard? It is easy to play DS from the comfort of an armchair.
The riders to criticise are the rest of the break other than Chavanel. Surely someone like Van Avermaet or Thomas would be better rolling the dice, as fairly sure their teams will accumulate enough points not to worry about minor placings at this stage of the season.