He was eligible for the white jersey both times. You’d expect him to improve as he ages, as he’d shown the ability to contend for GC from a young age. Except his development seems to have stalled, but then, as we were discussing, DD seem to hinder the development of all their riders.
Not sure it does. The time gaps from podium to 8th can be vast.
Edit - about seven minutes both times he was 8th. So not huge but he’d need to get very lucky to be on the podium.