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They've not shown too much love for the exiting star IMO, and wouldn't be surprised if they call it 'may the best man win' (and secretly root for G).
I don't think so. Two things: 1) if that was their tactic, wouldn't Brad have been in last year's tour? 2) G's had a good start to the season, seems like a "good chap", and would look like a cunt were he to attack Wiggo (like someone else I shall not mention).
If Brad cracked, and G was on his own, that's a different story.
/armchairds
/what's ds means?
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The whole PR being a lottery might be a touch overplayed - Don't get me wrong it's no vanilla sprint stage, though Fab's consistency surely proves it's possible for the cream to permanently be in with a shout?
The two unknown factors for me are the Peloton - The uber-focus around him on his glorious swansong can go one of two ways - it's either riled people enough (esp EQS peeps out for revenge for Stannards mugging or Oleg telling Peter it's his last chance to redeem himself) such that he'll be marked out the game or, on the flipside, they might roll over a little, perhaps out of respect, and perhaps because when Brad puts his mind to something...
The other problem is the team instructions/politics - Whilst he's probably plan A, and G would in theory be a Plan B domestique 'no matter what', realistically that's not the case, and especially owing to G's ridiculous Classics form (and proof he can go toe-to-toe with the best of them), how much worse will they tolerate Brad's position/condition (vs G's) during the race before calling G to consider himself Plan A? They've not shown too much love for the exiting star IMO, and wouldn't be surprised if they call it 'may the best man win' (and secretly root for G).