Maybe if the team time trial wasn’t there or was later in the tour it might have contributed to more excitement.
After it happened, some possible contenders were already working from a handicapped position.
Maybe the reduced team sizes actually works in Sky’s favour, as the other teams always looked like they could do with one final man in the mountains where Sky still had Poels/Bernal.
Maybe if the team time trial wasn’t there or was later in the tour it might have contributed to more excitement.
After it happened, some possible contenders were already working from a handicapped position.
Maybe the reduced team sizes actually works in Sky’s favour, as the other teams always looked like they could do with one final man in the mountains where Sky still had Poels/Bernal.