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I think what people want is more riders in contention for GC in the 3rd week. By stage 15 there were only 4 riders in realistic contention with 3 teams represented.
The last week was nervy for anyone wanting G to win simply because of his past record for problems. I would imagine non-G supporters couldn’t see a way he could lose.
Alan_tbt-
While true one of the main reasons there wasn't more of a GC battle this year wasn't Sky's supposed stranglehold, it was the fact that 3 of the main contenders had crashed out in Porte, Nibali and Uran.
I thought the mountain stages had a decent amount of drama, I think people/the French thought they were boring because they weren't watching the team/riders that they wanted to win, win.
Compare that to the fact that Sagan won his sixth green jersey in seven years, and had it pretty much sown up by the end of the first week and no-one is complaining about that (well apart from me) because everyone likes Sagan and the way he rides. So much of this hyperbole is down to people's personal bias against Sky, both from Lappartient and many cycling journalists who were talking about Sky's dominance and ways to end it with salary caps etal literally by the end of the first mountain stage.
Cycling is more than just the TdF, and the TdF is more than just the GC battle.
Jimmy_Fingers
changing rules based on who you like/ dislike puts you in the same camp as Lappartient though.
Valverde - another TdF rider escaping the vitriol this year despite actually being a proven and unrepentant doper.