from an interview (my translation):

Mr. Armstrong, did you expect Jan Ullrich to wait for you after your fall?

I knew they would (wait). I did the same for Jan in 2001....What you give mostly comes back one time.

(now my text, not the interview) With very few exceptions (notable: the Pantani-Armstrong hate), the top cyclists have a lot of respect for each other. In addition to that, they know they'll be made to suffer if they do what the others consider wrong. Next time they want to have a pee and stop there'll be an attack or some other nastiness of that kind.

Have you seen the tiny geste of Armstrong when overtaking Chavanel who had led for most of the stage to pat him on the back? That meant: "Sorry, guy, I know that should have been your stage, but when I want to win I have to overtake you now."

To know how someone else feels (Chavanel is young and that would have been his first major victory) and to show them you know that is class.

Wolfgang