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The yellow jersey comes with unwritten responsibilities, one of which is that the leader's team controls the race. They could not do it, but it could backfire on them.
The chances of the break taking the stage win today are very high, so anyone who wants a stage win will go in the break. That will include riders who are relatively close on GC, i.e. someone like Vlasov, so JV won't want to let them back into the GC race so will keep the gap manageable.
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Unwritten rules seem to be slowly disappearing though.
If you explained the situation to an outsider I doubt they’d come to the same conclusion our biases arrive at.
I think the unknowns will make today interesting it could also end up being a bit of a squib. Either way I’m very much looking forward to it.
GoatandTricycle
Do you think they’ll look to control it given there is only a minute between 2nd and 7th? Personally I think I’d mark Pog, he’s still the only one I can see overturning the deficit and taking time. Ineos pose a potential threat given they have two riders in the mix.
I think it’ll be tense even if nothing happens.