True, somebody looking for an opportunity to ride for themselves might be caught up in it, but while many GC riders manage with minimal help, how many of them would WANT to go to a team that can offer them less than the average minimum standard?
I mean, even if we take the Cuddles' curse guys like Kohl and Dekker out of the equation, even with Lotto Cuddles had people like de Greef who are better climbing assistants than anybody GreenEdge will be able to offer, and that was an oft-derided set of lieutenants.
Having no assistance up there is fine when you're a second-tier challenger, and getting into the top 10 is your goal - hanging on to the rear of the favourites group is acceptable as a modus operandi. But if you want to win, you will more than likely have to win the jersey off somebody else, and defend it. You'd really like to have people on your team who can shed contenders, and you're going to need to control breaks and attacks in the first part of the stage. And if your team is made up almost entirely of rouleurs and sprint helpers, can you even do that if the organisers serve up a really tough parcours with multi-climb stages?