Apparently Laurent Jalabert made some sarcastic comment on French tv about how convenient it is that Froome always has mechanicals at the foot of climbs...
Has anyone specified what the mechanical problem was. It didn't look right, but then what would be the advantage of faking a mechanical and then rinsing your team mates?
I'm baffled that he was able to do it considering AGR were massed and additional firepower that should have been pretty motivated in that group.