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Not spectators, soigneurs and other employees of the teams on the road with spare wheels in case of a puncture on narrow roads and pave sections when the team cars are a long way back.
Froome is a climber mostly, so very lighweight, where as beefier riders generally ride pave better.. His bike-handling skills are suspect also, so the perceived wisdom was that stage was a real potential banana skin for him and the other GC contenders.
Pinot has already lost time, so more lost time means he's going to really struggle to make it up over the rest of the race.
Try to ignore most of what Ligget says.