Team Sky earlier stages in order to remain far behind the back of the sprint
"I do not think there is some disappointment not to yellow. Had we got yellow would be a few seconds and it would mean that we would need to be on the front for the next few days, maybe spend a lot "Power to defend a few seconds advantage. So I think in a sense, it's a good thing he does not stop with the yellow jersey, "said Froome.
Their time of 25min 56.28sec was just enough to beat Omega Pharma, with Team Sky Three seconds into the third, and even put an Australian Simon Gerrans, yellow. When Gerrans won the third stage Monday, insisted "there is nothing better than that." Gods of cycling were found quickly and fortunately he was wrong.
The yellow jersey changed hands three times in four days - already more than in 2012, when only Bradley Wiggins and Fabian Cancellara were - but Gerrans can it cling to the mountain feel.
When asked about his performance, he said: "I felt very good. I have to slightly pull on the front. I feel that I came in a good shape now for the mountains. Team Cycling Jerseys Do not take the yellow jersey Allows we sit in wait for the sprint and mountains, where I think we really excel. "
"The first three minutes was the main objective, not only her, but after three minutes came and began to pull harder than anyone else, which is absolutely incredible."
But it was Froome who once again looked like the coolest of all humans. After putting six seconds on Contador and 23 seconds Cadel Evans himself "very happy" pronounced.
"If we had, we would face yellow do all this work," he said. "It gives us a few more days to be in a group and wait for the mountains where I really feel they excel."
There was no joy but for David Millar, who wear yellow for the first time since 2000, although his Garmin-Sharp team had emerged victorious in the test of time. Instead, they finished sixth 16 seconds back, leaving the street Millar and stew over what might have been.
"I'm the one who left the team a little down," he said. "I was not a good day., But the team was incredible. E 'disappointing, but it is stroke. "
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