Rhylan, like I said: if it´s close they will fight for positions. Even on the last stage. It happened yesterday where Rumsas (3rd in overall ranking) attacked relentlessly, cause he tried to gain some time on Beloki (2nd overall) so that he could grab the 2nd place overall. In the end he had no succes, but he tried a couple times. Same would have happened for the 1st place overall, if it would have been close.
And this whole thing is not so much a gentlemens agreement (even if it´s called that way) it´s more like being realistic. The last stage is totally flat, so it´s virtually impossible for anyone to gain more than a few seconds if there are certain teams who don´t want him to. On a flat stage a team of 8 or 9 drivers on top of the main group has such a huge advantage over one or two drivers who try to attack on their own. Even if there is a group of 5 or 6 attackers the main group will always catch them on a flat stage if they really work for it.
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