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Seems quite smart to me. Letting Majka go up the road means they don't have to control the bunch all day to protect yellow, and can save the rest of the team for the finale to support Contador. Also means that Majka might close some of the gap on GC.
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Not much.
Today isn't a real killer of a day where all the domestiques are going to be used up keeping the GC rider in contention. Three better theories are a) get up the road early and then sit up to haul Sagan and keep him in yellow but Contador is still their GC hope, b) get up the road early and then sit up to haul Contador when an inevitable GC attack happens on Peyrol and Perthus and c) (my favourite) go out and soak up KOM points so he can challenge for this jersey later on.
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With Tinkhoff withdrawing there is no guarantee the skeleton of the team will continue into 2017 under new owners. Majka needs to waive a flag to remind other team managers he is available.
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Is there any mileage to the theory that Majka going up the road this early on in the tour is a sign that Saxo are already writing off Contador? Seems weird for such an important domestique to already be stage chasing...