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@WillMelling
I don't see what the problem with the Tour is. Froome won, he's on the wealthiest, strongest team but he's also, obviously, exceptionally talented and showed that he can improvise as well as anyone. Bardet was second, proving that a good rider from a smaller team can still do well. And Quintana was third because he didn't have the form and no amount of team work could change that. Porte didn't lose out because of a poor team, he was unlucky, mostly. Yates showed his talent and also that three week races are hard to win because, er, they are three weeks long. Much like Chavez in the Giro.
The green jersey went to the best all rounder, by some margin, and the polka dots has rarely rewarded the actual best climber, this year being no exception, but it wasn't a bad tussle in the end.
Dimension Data were successful despite their budget. They were clever enough to believe in Cavendish and to sign Cummings and Boasson Hagen, neither of who did as well at richer squads.
The Tour always starts out with people talking about five or six riders who might win it and after a week there are always only a couple left in with a chance. And it's harder than any other race. There was an American rider during the Giro saying he would rather do a stage with five mountains there than any mountain stage in the Tour. Why don't riders attack more? They are knackered and they are up against the best teams having brought the best riders in the best form.
The Tour is always disappointing and it's always brilliant.