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Excerpt from yesterday's Times article by Owen Slot.
Froome, though, was not impressed, accusing Contador of “dangerous” riding and saying: “Everyone knows it’s a dangerous descent. I didn’t think the guys were going to take unnecessary risks.”
The question, therefore, put to him afterwards was: Why, then, did you follow him? Sarcastically, Froome replied: “I should probably have let him go up the road and get the yellow jersey.”
But the questioner was right. Froome should have let him go; he has a cushion of 4min 25sec and Contador might have gained half a minute.
I think there may have been a touch of panic on Froomes part. he has the time advantage in the bank and could have afforded to lose a few seconds on an occasion like this.
He only needs to get to Paris 1 second ahead of whoever he beats.