Poor Ryder, another great day... another young guy shooting off like a jackrabbit on him after a long day of climbing. Great to see him fly the flag though.
Garmin Cannondale couldn't have had a worse tour, when are they going to learn that Martin and Talansky are not legit GC guys? It's a well backed team, it's shocking to me that they didn't go after a guy like Ritchie Porte.
Cycling has gotten so cynical the first thing I think is doper when I see a guy put in the kinds of accelerations Pinot did at the end of a climb like Alpe d'huez. Aru looked the exact same at the Giro - climbing for hours and then pulling off a sprint for 5 minutes at the end of a massive climb. Probably just sour grapes seeing Ryder get beat.
On the plus side, great rides by Froome and Quintana, fun battle, and seeing cheats/classless guys like Cavendish, Rolland and Contador well out of contention for their goals is a plus.
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