COL DU GALIBIER, France, (Reuters) – Australian Cadel Evans was both puzzled by the time lost by most Tour de France favourites during the 18th stage yesterday and annoyed that he had to lead a lone chase of Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck.
“It seems like the Schleck brothers had the best climbing team, in combination. They put it all on the line and they really had to do a long-range attack,” the 2009 world champion said after finishing third in the stage behind Andy and Frank Schleck. Andy Schleck attacked 60 kilometres from the line and no team really took control of the chase, thinking he would tire or hoping others would do the work.
