Quote Originally Posted by ba-ba View Post
It appears all the sprinters are giving up. Cav and Kittel missed the cut by weeks yesterday, Gaviria and Groenewegen and Greipel climbing off today already apparently. It's going to be Sagan vs. Degenkolb and that's about it on the Champs next weekend!

Is the route that much tougher than normal or are they just soft/injured/past it (delete as appropriate)
All of the above with the exception of the young Dutch one that I can't spell!

Another fantastic stage today. G is looking good. I just hope he doesn't blow up in the last week as he has done before though admittedly that was when in super-domestique role. Team Sky may have a problem though with Dumoulin looking so strong. Frome or G - if you are the DS who are going to go with. I bet they are hoping it sorts itself out on the road before they have to make a decision....