In his interview he suggested that he hadn't been feeling OK after the crash and that Sky had pretty much announced that they wouldn't be working to chase down any breaks. If it came down to a sprint and he was there then he wouldn't turn it down, but it was up to other teams, particularly Garmin, to put the hard work in. That must have been a contributing factor in the train working so well, because I didn't see Sky jerseys right at the front until the train formes about 5 or 6 km to go. It still relied on the man himself a) getting over the hill with his team - something which Farrar, Ferrari, JJ Haedo, Hushovd and Guardini failed to do, and b) finishing it off, when not feeling 100%
Was that Geraint Thomas as the last Sky rider to peel away? I haven't noticed Eisel being up there at the business end but it's not easy to make out who's who.
Taylor Phinney seems like a popular chap. It's big of him not to blame his performance yesterday and in the TTT on his stitched up ankle.