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I am sorry to sound like a hard a** but Julich should have known that that tight left hand turn was there. He misjudged it on the fly but had he done his homework, he would have known exactly how to approach and negotiate it safely. He was the only rider who fell in that turn yesterday. Landis rode the entire course with his coach in the morning before the stage. He was the only rider on the course.
I remember an ITT a couple of years ago when Ullrich had a chance to catch Lance. It was raining and nasty. Ullrich tried to take a roundabout too fast and crashed into the hay bales. Lance went on to win (the day and the TT). Afterward, it was clear why it happened the way it did: Lance had ridden and studied the course on his bike. Ullrich had watched a video of it on the TV in his nice warm, dry room.