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Trentin was very sanguine about it, 'it is what it is', although he did bemoan the fact he won four stages and didn't get the jersey. But the points jersey is for the most consistent rider, not the best sprinter, and unlike the Tour the Vuelta don't constantly manipulate the scoring system so the rider they would like to win it does.
Such saltiness towards Froome and Sky on Twitter and cyclingnews, I do think the only doping they are up to is the financial side, packed with such climbing talent. Plus they come to a GT to win, not bringing a team with sprinters or luxury stage hunters like GVA or Barguil. If they win a stage it will be in a TT or in pursuit of the GC, no other team is that focused towards the overal, look how bad BMC and Quikstep were in supporting their GC men in the Tour. Plus they always have a top climber like Poels, Landa or Porte before as first Lieutenant. It doesn't make for pretty riding but by heck it is effective and I admire the single-mindedness and the organisation.
Plus all the hand-wringing over riders like Kwiato and Moscon suddenly climbing with, and the dropping the best specialist climbers (because classics riders are only allowed to be good at the classics) is pure hyperbole: they aren't climbing to get to the top, or finish with the GC contenders, they are there to set a pace at threshold for a distance then they drop off. Sky are also very clever the way they rotate their squad and give riders days off in the bunch.
So lazy to just say they are dopers and that is what the difference is. Its not, they are on a different level than the rest with tactics, talented domestiques and a slick GC-winning machine.