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^ this.
It's like the card game 'Asshole'. Every round the asshole has to give the president their best card. It makes it really hard to move up from asshole and really easy to stay as president.
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It seemed pretty obvious that Froome was stuck in a very low gear as his cadence was way higher than anyone else nearby (even accounting for his preference for a high cadence) and he was still struggling to keep up with them.
unless the mechanical is caused by outside influences
Trying to decide, in the middle of a stage, whether something was outside influence or not is going to be an interesting one. Was it a fan that got too close and knocked the rear derailleur? Was it the fault of the team mechanic? Was it a duff battery supplied by Shimano?
Lebowski
Greenbank
@Kompute
Sounds more like he was stuck in gear, rather than dropping a chain. Personally think this "etiquette" is somewhat BS, unless the mechanical is caused by outside influences (Tacks, crowd etc) then to an extent it is yours/ the teams fault so attacking is fair game.