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.
I don't know the game and it doesn't sound like much fun, but it does seem like a fitting metaphor for the GC race: the person in yellow gets special favours because jersey even though they're the one in the most secure position.
^ 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.