Pogačar doesn't really need to go on Bonette already though. Unless he senses that he can fully sink Vingegaard due to weakness!
Noone from the top GC will go full gas on Bonette.
Isola 2000 I've climbed several times to. It really is 1½ times l'Alpe d'Huez.
My input is only seen in relation to the indeed short stage distance.
But I think ASO might've had a starting point with logics about create tension - and that the last spark would have been punctured in Vingo's favor if he had been in 2023 shape and it had been a super-exhausting 1993 Serre-Sevaliers - Isola 2000 stage.
But now Vingo's power is clearly on the wane.
I'm pretty sure that in his current state, that an exhausting long 4 x HC climb stage would not benefit him today.
Today is more kind to Vingo.
Except for the finish climb, which can get really ugly for him if Pogi's instincts kick in early.
However, it may also be that Pogi takes pity and waits to attack within the last few kilometers. And then there still migt be Remco - though, in that case I see one from a breakaway winning the stage.
I'm not exactly expecting an epic stage I must say
Maybe with the exception of enjoying if Pogi really goes all out for an extra-terrestrial new Strava KOM on Isola 2000. But it's not about excitement.