Matt Goss and his whining... TDF sprint stages

From LeTour.fr site from today's (stage 6) live text commentary:

"The escapees only got caught in the last 500 meters of stage five. Did Matt Goss think they were going to hold on and steal the win? “To be honest, yes," said the Orica-GreenEdge rider. "When we came around the last corner and we saw how far ahead they were I didn’t think we’d catch them actually. I thought it was going to be racing for third or fourth place. It’s just that after a breakaway of almost 200km, those guys don’t have a lot left in the legs and we were coming at them pretty quickly in the final. Hopefully we won’t leave it that close again.
“We were trying to catch them [earlier than we did] but we haven’t had a lot of support from the other teams. A lot of teams are bringing sprinters to the race but then they don’t want to work for them so it’s really just been us [Orica-GreenEdge] and Lotto-Belisol that have controlled the race from the first day. There are a lot of other sprinters here – Garmin has got Farrar, Lampre has Petacchi and there are a few others – but no one wants to help make sure it’s a sprint; they’re just working off our effort. “We’ll keep chasing but these guys should put in some help as well, I think.”"


Hi Matt.  Firstly you almost seem shocked that the escapees made it to the finish before you.  Secondly you sound pissed that no-one else "helped"..

Firstly WE, the TV audience, mostly hope the escapees make it, seeing as they're the ones that have put in 100% effort for 100% of the race.  They played their hand very well, and you should be congratulating them that they almost made it.  If YOU'D done what they did, I'd like to see what place you'd have come in that sprint.. 20th?! From the back..

Secondly, quit complaining about everyone putting in their fair share of work.  Why should they, when you and Greipel are taking spot 1 and 2 every time it's a bunch sprint.. almost.  I mean, your team-mates aren't beyond sitting on other people's wheels in big races (Milano San Remo just to site one MASSIVE example..).  What's good for the goose is good for the gander.  So in the words of another great rider who doesn't complain (Jens Voight)  "Shut up (legs)" and just ride your effing bike Matt.