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I don't think it's any surprise that a rider who isn't going to be riding for a team the following season misses selection for the Tour. That happens all the time.
I don't know the circumstances behind Anderson's unhappiness with the team, but it's been an open secret for some time that he wants to leave. If he's not prepared to commit to the team's goals for the race, then of course he's not going to be selected. That would happen in any team.
It's clear that the way DSM operate doesn't work for everyone, but some riders clearly thrive in that environment. Take Bardet for example, he's looked back to his best since he joined the team. What is interesting, to me at least, is that those high profile riders who've left in recent years, have not gone on to better things. Hirschi looks a shadow of the rider he was two years ago, Benoot is now little more than a super-domestique for Van Aert and Roglic.