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Tour Francia 08 - Stage 10: Pau - Hautacam |
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Sunday, 13 July 2008 |
The whole team has done a spectacular and amazing job
Hautacam
 | | Photo: Tim de Waele | Regarding today’s stage, I can simply say that the team’s work has been spectacular and amazing – really impressive. Every single rider in our team has sweated blood in today’s stage to get the best results. The feeling that we had after the stage was one of happiness and tranquility and I think that the strategy that our team planned out was really great.
We tried to put pressure on at the Tourmalet pass, with the advantage that Cancellara had in this climb. We knew that if Fabian reached the top, he would be able to do something important in the rest of the stage until reaching the foot of Hautacam. I think that he and Jens Voigt, who were backed by Arvesen and Gustov, have done a spectacular job, not forgetting of course the rest of the team who made sure that we were all supplied with food and water.
The strategy was then to take the final climb, making attacks from the bottom. Frank Schleck has done a wonderful job, he got ahead of Piepoli and Cobo, as everyone saw, and I think that the understanding has been pretty good. My mission was to keep an eye on Menchov and Evans and to avoid losing time against them. I think that we have fulfilled an important goal in the tenth stage of the Tour de France.
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