A greater variety of stages would certainly be nice. But this Dauphiné and this Tour might be an extreme. The Giro will look different. Next year's Tour will probably look different. And the next Dauphiné as well.
I think it's not only about trains vs. Evenepoel, even though I have used that to joke.
Is it not also a thing that Roglic and Bernal are not the most polarizing riders (not to speak of Buchmann...?) and that Pinot is someone almost everyone cheers for, but in an almost reasonable way... So no fights whether he will win... everybody is okay with Roglic winning, everybody is okay with Pinot winning, everybody is okay with Bernal winning...
Most people would be okay with Buchmann winning, most people would be okay with Pogacar winning. Who is the rider who has a chance to win, that we desperately do not want to win? (Or is this really not important to you all? Are you all very rational and objective?)
Evenepoel is polarizing, but he's not there. If Evenepoel had a fitting rival, that would probably excite people, even if it was a very close mtf finish. Maybe this rival will show up, either from the ones already in the peloton, or from the even younger boys. For cycling, that would probably be great.
My favourite is Valverde/Bardet/Alaphilippe.
Buchmann seems to be looking for something he has lost on the ground.