[leilani]

If R4F won't take a whack, I will.I'm with hubby.(Tell him we all say hi, BTW, he should stop by sometime) Not that I think it was a calculated strategic decision per se, I just don't think his mind was even capable of entertaining a choice about it for one minute. If he was going to be able to live with himself for the rest of his life, he had to go for it, do or die.He probably gave about as much thought to it as he thought about taking his next breath. I wouldn't say it didn't take courage, but I think the courage required to get it done yesterday was predicated on a pretty powerful involuntary reflex.

[leilani]

Oops.Looks like R4F posted in the time it took to write mine. Cancel first sentence of post above.

[Ready4Freddy]

In one of the iterviews w/ Landis he said that they discussed the stategy over dinner. Don't forget that the entire Phonak team led him out to the front of the peloton just before he launched.