Astana are in the position of having joint leaders

it's not unknown for teams to do that, or for the leader to change during a tour should it be that one of their riders find themselves in better shape and position than the other leader

Armstrong did nothing wrong by going with the break and not going back to help, or by even keeping a couple of his teammates with him just in case he got into trouble himself.

However, he didn't just go along for the ride, he worked on the front himself and got his teammates to work too - that's quite a different thing

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on July 7th 2009 at 11:15:02

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Ambergris grows in the intestines of sick whales and is used in making perfume. Until 1900 (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 09:39:16
- Did anyone see that prog about the whale dissection last night. (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 09:45:33
  - Lol Whale Shitee All Over Himm Fukin Pissed Myself ShitBag On The Head :D (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 7, 09:51:36
    - greated cumshot i've ever seen '' get it sperm whale" good night everbody lol (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 09:55:03
  - yeah was really good, i was hoping it was gonna explode when she climbed on it (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Jul 7, 09:48:57
    - Talking of whale explosions. This from the country that put men on the moon. (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 09:54:11
      - Infamous that one - I first saw it in about '96 (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 10:12:36
      - "... everyone at the scene was covered in small particles of dead whale ..." (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 7, 09:59:22
        
        Merkins. Surprised they dint just slap it in a bun and eat it. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 10:09:20
    - You are second in the TdF. Well done. (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 09:49:56
      - gerrin! didnt know i was that fit! (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Jul 7, 09:53:23
        
        Did you know you were German though? (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 09:55:48
        
        Ja, Ich bin ein Berliner (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Jul 7, 10:01:12
        
        and he's leading the young rider category (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 09:56:32
        
        He is, future tour winner right there, maybe not this year. (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 10:08:44
        
        a Twat about L'Equipe story (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 10:13:45
        
        You mean Columbia conspired with Armstrong to fuck over Contador? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 10:32:43
        
        i mean one of Armstrong's former teammates gave him a heads-up on what Columbia already ha (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 10:39:56
        
        Ah, I see (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 10:57:39
        
        Astana are in the position of having joint leaders (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 11:15:02
        
        Ah, fair enough, I thought Contador was sole leader (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 11:17:40
        
        i think that Armstrong's role has shifted on that (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 11:24:00
        
        ^^^ not role, but opinion (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 11:25:32
        
        As I said yisty, I reckon he always planned to see how he felt and if he felkt he could do (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 11:30:30
        
        it's in both their interests to work together today though (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 11:36:30
        
        Just checking the route and the first big mountain is on Friday (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 11:36:28
        
        Armstrong also inferred that he would not respect team orders when it came to it, and the (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 11:05:42
        
        Much as I dislike Armstrong (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 11:13:38
        
        agree with that, though without him but with Contador being in the best team (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 11:18:02
        
        Yeah (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 7, 11:24:25
        
        Carlos Sastre (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 11:29:57
        
        Certainly possible but won't be easy, especially with a split team. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 10:37:00
        
        be interesting to see what happens if any of their 4 main riders punctures near the end... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 7, 10:41:59
        
        Fuckanory. This is gonna be brillers. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 7, 10:26:50

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