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Cyclingnews reporting it to sound like there was some conspiracy going on...
Cyclingnews have an agenda, and they're not subtle about pushing it. Basically, they don't like Sky and will take any opportunity to cast aspersions and spread innuendo about the team and anyone involved in it. Not sure why, but they don't really make much of an effort to hide it.
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Cyclingnews reporting it to sound like there was some conspiracy going on...
If Froome was putting out 397w at 66kg (6.01w/kg) and Dumoulin was at 395w at 71kg (5.5w/kg) over 3km at 9.3%, the time gap of about 45s or so by the top makes sense?
Plugging the numbers into Bike Calculator suggests about 36-37 seconds margin.
Extra couple of seconds easily explained by better riding style on gravel, which Froome seems to allude to.
Dumoulin's FTP is higher than Froome's by all accounts, so was putting out a lower % of his FTP, which would also be partly explained by the slightly slower speed waiting for Pinot and Reichenbach.