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I think the adrenaline will make Cav forget his swollen leg. Probably means he won't be competing tomorrow though.
As for KoM is more of an individual rather than team pursuit. Monsters like Merckx can win both, but mostly its about getting away from the bunch and winning the lumpy stages and picking up a slew ofpoints, which is why the best climber Froome hasn't won it this year.
For me Voekler rode a canny race, conserving his energy for the stages that mattered. We saw when he was in yellow last year he was just hanging on on most of the climbs to cling to the jersey. If he was a better climber he would have won it overall last year. Not to take anything away from him, but it was a tactical attack on the polka dots. All power to him, he deserves it.
Watching the highlights just now it didn't look to me like Brad was holding Froome back, or even the team. He was riding for the team and would have liked Brad to have had more and overhauled Valverde for the stage but I don't think he ever wanted to leave Wiggo's side, despite what Michelle Clown might say on Twitter. He was gesticulating to him to gee him on.
nice to see the emotion from Brad in the interview. Looked like he was a hair breadth away from cracking at the enormity of what he should achieve in the next 3 days. I think this will be his only TdF win and he knows it. He will ride for Froome next year I reckon: Froome has the making of a multi-GT winning cyclist and has ten years to do it in.
And I'm licking my lips at the prospect of the Vuelta. I'm not sure what team Sky will put out alongside him, I'm guessing Rogers and Porte won't race, but Uran Uran and Haneo should be, and those two and Froome are arguably Sky's best climbers.