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After only training for a year and after taking 3 years off I think Lance knew he would be unable to attack AC. I think his gameplan was to stay within range of him and then put in a great ITT performance and hope it's enough.
He had a rough day on Sunday and AC got further away than he wanted. Not sure he could have followed earlier but as a teammate he had to wait until the rest of dropped riders caught up to him and Kloden. His power output based on calculations were pretty good and very much on par with his numbers in 2003, he is just missing that little bit on the high end which he mentioned himself in the post race interview.
A round of attacks by the shleck brothers and wiggens and few others could cause AC to crack if he gets impatient. It should be a good final week to the tour.
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