Yeah, I imagine if he was in the race, Froome would be the unquestioned leader of Sky by this point. That's a wheel Wiggins can't suck.
In any case, so much of this tour seems to be demonstrating the peloton in transition. I mean, really, how many "GC contenders" in their primes are competing here (or at least who haven't crashed out)? There's a lot of old people who their teams still consider as "leaders" but who clearly don't have it anymore (and that's not even counting Cadel, who is rightfully BMC's leader but is still showing signs of age). And then there's a number of young guys who aren't quite at that level yet but who have aspirations for the future (Pinot, van Garderen, Taaramae, Rolland, etc.). And then a few guys who could have made it interesting have been hurt by crashes (Sanchez, Hesjedal, Gesink).
Which leaves us with Nibbles, VDB, Froomedog, and Dr. Skybotnik (I'm totally gonna try to make that last one a thing...). Oh frickin' joy.
I'll get better in the future I reckon though. As I said, we seem to be in a bit of a transition period.