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This so much. I think he really knew from the off he could. He was so focused, no bad days and blessed with luck: stayed on the bike, and no mechanicals at bad moments. A lot has been made at Doumoulin losing so much time with that mechincal and subsequent time penalty for drafting. Could have been a lot closer.
Interesting story from yesterday: brakeless TT bike
https://twitter.com/Andymcgra/status/1023471621342986240?s=20
Jimmy_Fingers-
Thomas was the strongest, crossed the line before Tom every time except in the TT so I think he'd have won it even if Dumoulin would have had no bad luck or penalties at all.
Fun fact: over the course of the 2018 Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, Dumoulin and Froome are only 13 seconds apart over a distance of six thousand nine hundred and thirty-two kilometers
peter_v
I think Thomas expected it ;-)