Froome19 said:Vande Velde is gone and I believe Garmin know that. Considering that he hasnt shown much in the tour since 09 where he came 12 minutes down in 8th ...
You could be right, but refresh my memory.
Didn't VDV break bones in both the last 2 Giros'... resulting in poor lead ups to the TdFs in 2010 and 2011. I could be wrong.
VDV has a big engine and although he is getting older he never went into the red zone on many of this years GIRO stages and who knows how hard he really went on those ITTs. Just saying, he may be using it as a slow build up.
Or, you're totally spot on and he's toast face.