Personally, I think the whole "waiting" thing has gotten a little out of hand. When Lance Armstrong waited for Jan Ulrich after Jan flipped end over end off the ravine, that was a gesture of respect. Lance didn't want to beat Jan that way, and he wanted to make sure Jan was o.k. But TDF is still a race. Nobody waits in running, or in car racing, or in horse racing. Voekler was going for the yellow jersey - it's the main prize for gosh sakes, and it isn't unsportsmanlike to have that on your mind. It would have been really exciting to watch the five-man breakaway group work together and then race to win at the end. Two of them were cheated out of that chance by the crash, but why do the other three have to give up their chance, too?

I don't think Voekler did anything wrong. I don't blame Flecha for being pi$$ed about getting run off the road when he could've won the stage, but what would he have done if the tables were turned? There's a lot of strategic work and a lot of team effort and group effort involved which make the sport interesting to watch. But bad luck happens, too.--