Tour de France 2014

I think Tony Martin is very much like Jan Ullrich, a great tester who only became such a 'good' GC rider because like Indurain he was doped. The differences are that Martin is clean and that he specialises more in time trials, and as a result is not such a 'good' GC rider. I'm sure they've gone through all the permutations but have decided that it's more profitable for him to stick to TTs in the main. He always had a big jour sans when he was riding more for GC. I used to think that he might be in with a chance, as in this foolish post ...

Hm, it looks like a dull day on this stage, so I'll make a prediction: I think that Tony Martin will win the Tour.

He's well-positioned, an excellent all-rounder, he's with an excellent team with some of the best strategic minds in cycling, and he won't be guarded anywhere near as heavily as some of the other favourites. I think he can really spring some surprises in the Alps.

Just to stimulate some discussion, like. :)

... which was basically total bollocks.

Anyway, tl;dr--I think that probably not winning a Grand Tour is the price of riding clean.