As a Wout fanboy (raced cyclocross for years myself, and road for more years, also MTB since they invented them, so maybe I should be a MVdP fan? nah he's too smug, although I was an Adri Van der Poel fan, but I digress) I take exception to your characterization. Wout is behind where he was 2 years ago, but 2 years ago he was exceptional. He has done a few sprints, won the field sprint 5 sec. behind Bardet on the first stage, where he said he was happily surprised with his level. He almost singlehandedly got Jasper relegated on stage 6 (?) and was I think, vintage Wout on the gravel stage where he would smash it on the front for multi k's get dropped when there was an attack and then come right back for more smashing when the pace dropped. Clearly he's missing a step, I think (having always been one) that big guys need a lot more training than little guys so maybe that's got something to do with the difference between Wout and Vingo in terms of level after injuries?