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They haven’t had the need to stifle the race so far. Let’s see how the next week plays out; my guess is that Ineos are back to their usual ways. I listened to Lances podcast yesterday and Bruyneel both said that any time Ineos needed numbers, their whole team was there working but other teams didn’t. Both of them reckoned Ineos are keeping their powder dry as they haven’t needed to race full gas so far.
I'm hoping Bernal will get a chance to show us what he's capable of as well-I admire how Thomas has transformed himself but there's nothing more exciting than seeing a really gifted climber forcing a race instead of a bunch of track/tt specialists pacing themselves up a climb and trying to hold on.
Sky also don't seem to have the same engine that they used to with Kiryienka and Sioutsou murdering the pace till half way up every climb.