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They know the system and play it well - best placed three riders for every stage.
So they carefully avoid having anyone win the stage while breaking away on their own, or having burnt out domestiques, and focus on having a good number of mediocre riders coming in 20th.
As Ned cattily said the other day - what else are they here for?
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But has anyone even noticed they're there? No-one could possibly say they are the best team in the race. Or even top 5.
I guess not putting in any effort and pootling along in the peloton means no-one gets massively dropped and they 'win' the team classification.
It should include bonuses for jersey points or something as well.