Just wondering out loud looking at results, and I know looking at GC is fluffy logic because I don't think either Thomas, Froome or Tao were racing for anything other than to help Bernal and then ride easy really. Certainly I didn't get an impression they are all fighting each other for a spot on the Tour team from these races as the media claimed anyway, but who knows? I guess the team might simply be looking at numbers, but Thomas said his numbers are where they need to be, he just needs to drop one more kg before Tour.
March = Racing ended due to lockdown
May = UCI announced new calendar
August = Start of scheduled racing for Bernal, Froome ,Thomas, Sivakov & Tao
Occiatanie GC 1st-4th Aug
Bernal 1st
Sivakov 2nd
Froome 37th @ 9:26
Tao 52nd @ 16:44
Tour de l'Ain GC 7-9th Aug
Roglic 1st
Bernal 2nd @ 4s
Froome 30th @ 12:16
Thomas 47th @ 15:52
Tao 75th @ 15:55 (DNF stage 3)
Dauphine GC 12-16th Aug
Martinez 1st (possible Roglic again if not crashed)
Sivakov 11th @ 3:10
Bernal 14th @ 42s (DNS stage 4)
Thomas 37th @
53:38
Froome 71st @ 1:26:14 (autobus finish last stage as Bernal went home, Sivakov in breaks all day)
My take on the above, is Froome outperformed Tao for the races Tao was at, so not sure the media are correct those two are fighting for the last place on the team. Froomes numbers at Tour de l'Ain suggested around the 5.6-6w/kg when he was on the front and comparable to Thomas's anyway, so more than-enough to make the team imo. He also outperformed Thomas in GC slightly, Thomas in return. Dauphine, they've both gone very backwards in GC just one week later which makes little sense, given it's the same Roglic & Jumbo at top of GC.
Unless this is part of a master strategy off Tenerife fatigue it makes little sense. Could perhaps just be a bit of a bluff to Jumbo also. Jumbo have done Dauphine & L'Ain mostly on the front with mostly their Tour team, Ineos just Occiatanie a month ago now. That 2 weeks in Jumbos domestiques, I don't see Ineos have really had to burn yet - Who knows.