His statements after stage, he said that he kept repeating before and during the race that he knew he lacked velocity to be able to follow Froome and Richie, which he expects to gain here in the Dauphiné (we're 5 stages in lol) and after with Moto paced trainings.
Perhaps, he wasn't sandbagging for once and was telling the truth. I still won't expect anything anymore, try to thoroughly interpret any of his movements in race or physical appearance. No more stupid hype, he can look like a skeleton at the Tour, won't believe anything until I see it on the first MTF.
No point in this Dauphiné anymore, tomorrow and sunday are going to be a repeat session.