Cadel Watch - Stage 2 TdF 08
We’re not going to get too excited about Cadel Evans too early, at least, not until we get an idea about whether we’re going to see Cadel The Follower or Cadel The Leader.
Alessandro Valverde has stamped his intentions quite clearly after the first 2 days of racing with the opening stage win and then sticking the Caisse D’Epargne team on the front of the peloton to control the extent of the 2 man breakaway of Thomas Voekler and Sylvain Chavenel. A lot of energy seemed to be expended to rein in two guys who are not threats for overall GC honors.
The closing moments of Stage 2 were also telling with Valverde right up at the front of the pack and right there with him, looking as though he was considering whether to contest the sprint was Cadel Evans. What in God’s name do these guys think they’re doing? Mixing it up in the confusion of a sprint finish is hardly the way to protect yourself until the mountains later in the Tour, I would have thought.
So what did they get for the risks they took? Valverde crossed the line in 12th place while Evans finished 21st. Hardly the advisable way of “staying out of trouble” early in the Tour de France.
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