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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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It's been some time since the Tour started with a week of flat stages. That was the Jean Marie Leblanc formula, but Christian Prudhomme has shaken it up a bit since he took over as the race director.
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Probably with the Vuelta is there's effectively been two races for much of it with the breakaway and the GC. I guess some people like this approach (2 for the price of 1) but I personally like it more when the GC are more in the mix
andyp
Gustav
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...