It has to do with modern route design, but don´t underestimate the routes of the Indurain era. They had some crazy mountain stages. The routes from the early 80´s, on the other hand...
Don´t really agree with that. I seem to remember some Dauphinés in the ´90s with a midweek Ventoux mtf and two proper mountainstages the final weekend.
Yeah, but Carapaz has won the Giro, podiumed another time, podiumed vuelta and tour, so what a difference does a third place instead of a second make? What mattered was the win, and the only way to win was to let Del Toro empty himself.