A shame that there is none of the favorites are racing the 4th Grand Tour.
No Quintana, he is racing Route du Sud instead (
http://www.tio.ch/News/Sport/Altri-Sport/1029453/Niente-Tour-de-Suisse-per-Nairo-Quintana)
No Contador, Route du Sud
No Nibali, Dauphiné
No Froome, Dauphiné
No Valverde, Dauphiné
No Talansky and Tejay, Dauphiné
No Purito, Dauphiné
The french (Pinot, Peraud, Bardet, Rolland, Barguil) are all riding Dauphiné instead of Suisse.
Costa is skipping Suisse in favor of Dauphiné.
Majka and Kwaitkowski are the only big names who have taken up the challenge. Some of the names I've mentioned above should try to win this beautiful race instead of losing stage 7 to Froome and the rest to Valverde.
Oh, there is also some post-glory riders like Gesink, Schleck and JVDB. Should be easy to beat. What are the GC guys waiting for?