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Really? Lots of open stages with breakaways and first-time stage winners, jerseys changing hands, and the GC contenders taking time off each other when they can. With the exception of Nibali, Bardet and some of the Dutch riders there are a lot of strong GC contenders too, at least thus far. We've only been going just over a week.
The TdF normally starts with 5 or 6 flat stages which almost don't merit watching until the final kilometers.
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Its felt a bit all-or-nothing (mostly nothing). Pretty anonymous sprint stages (that are hard to get excited about as the sprint field is pretty second tier) followed by 20% brutalathons that look like people are trackstanding up a mountain.
As it's been a period of Froome being a bit immortal, it's been great to see him a bit human (not a comment on his doping program!). And to add the description of 'plucky' to Bertie is a novelty. Oh, and it was pretty textbook Froome vs Contador Hare/Tortoise bit yesterday. Still think it's Froomes to lose, though good to see him looking at week 2/3 needing to attack (unless he's not giving a fuck knowing he's got a 2 min head start on the TT).
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Is the Vuelta this year a damp squib compared to the Giro and Tour or is it simply GT fatigue? Giro was amazing and the Tour is the Tour but finding it hard to get excited about the Vuelta this year...