Le Tour 2018 stage 17: BDL to Saint-Lary-Soulan 65k

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I wish Dumoulin would attack hard so that Froome gets a chance to distance Thomas if he's strong enough
 
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staubsauger said:
Bardet is more than 5 minutes down on gc in theory, with a TT still to come. Why does Sky even bother to control him?
It's like why Genghis Khan completely annihilated any town or city who didn't unconditionally lay down and surrender, even once he'd conquered them. They want to maintain an aura of invincibility, to crush the spirits of future rivals and the possibility of any rebellions in the future.
 
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DFA123 said:
staubsauger said:
Bardet is more than 5 minutes down on gc in theory, with a TT still to come. Why does Sky even bother to control him?
It's like why Genghis Khan completely annihilated any town or city who didn't unconditionally lay down and surrender, even once he'd conquered them. They want to maintain an aura of invincibility, to crush the spirits of future rivals and the possibility of any rebellions in the future.

Also he could provide help to any of the other contenders that might bridge to him. Better for them to keep things compact as long as it isn't shredding team.
 
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DFA123 said:
staubsauger said:
Bardet is more than 5 minutes down on gc in theory, with a TT still to come. Why does Sky even bother to control him?
It's like why Genghis Khan completely annihilated any town or city who didn't unconditionally lay down and surrender, even once he'd conquered them. They want to maintain an aura of invincibility, to crush the spirits of future rivals and the possibility of any rebellions in the future.
wow, you get all of that from Sky following a team leader