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Not really no. He only had to keep level with Evans to get the Yellow Jersey. Then there's today's stage which contains a bunch of cat 2s and a cat 1 climb in it. With a downhill finish it's not really a key stage for the GC but he'll have wanted to save energy for that in case of any problems. Tomorrow is the ITT where Wiggins will most likely put more time into Evans and build on his lead.
You could say that he doesn't have the legs for it and Evans is going to hit him on a climb. That might be true but at the moment he has to take him for ten seconds, which he didn't manage on a comparatively small climb. After tomorrow he'll probably have to take him for more.
The other view is that this is a long game play. You don't put in the work when you don't have to. There would have been no point in trying to win yesterday at the risk of compromising the Yellow Jersey overall. I have no doubt that Wiggins would dearly love a stage win, but he want the overall win a lot more. Stage ambitions will probably come in the final week.
Froome to go out in pursuit of KOM points today I reckon with the GC sticking in the peleton. This will probably be the day for the breakaway to stay away.