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Consequence of clean(er) riding no ? More riders staying together on the final climb rather than the best responders breathing through their ears and riding away from everyone else in the EPO years ?
I do also wonder if the reason Grand Tour's are a bit stale is a dearth of talent. To win on GC you've got to be able to climb and TT, and the majority of GC riders are shit testers.
Will be interesting to see the next GT where Froome and Dumoulin ride together. Can Dumoulin hang on to the Sky train and beat Froome in the TTs ? I'd imagine Sky would probably ride a more punchy race rather than metronome up the mountains
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GT mountain stages (or just GTs as a whole) seem to have turned into a 'cling on till the last 800m then see if you can nick another 10/15/20 secs and a time bonus' with greater or lesser penalties to GC contenders depending on the TT distance.
really haven't gotten into the Vuelta at all because even the extreme terrain just doesn't seem to breed much of a shake up in the standings. All seems a bit strangled and lifeless and I have no idea what you'd need to do to open it up a bit.