Literally only Philipsen was missing. It's just a weak field in general as the other big sprinters at the moment (Merlier, Milan, Kooij sort of) aren't here. Also Meeus who sometimes comes up with world beating sprints.I said he won a 15 man sprint because people crashed. Those are facts. Any Tour win is a great win, he beat some really good sprinters.
But it wasn't a full field sprint and I'm not disparaging anyone.