Today was a ho-hum mountain stage as far as GC is concerned. Other than the Cramping Calmejane, not much happened. Gesink had nothing left to attack according to his post-race interviews.
I suppose the GC teams are saving themselves for tomorrow, but that hardly explains BMC's tactics; 'm not sure what they're up to.
During Stage 5, they chased down the break-away. Why not let Sky do that?
Today, knowing that tomorrow's stage is more difficult, BMC sent Roche and GVA up the road. For what? Those two are Porte's top lieutenants and to have Roche, in particular, killing himself for nothing doesn't make sense. Caruso was also up the road. Baffling to me.
Great job by Cameljane, though. Lots of incentive. Supposedly, Direct Energie's CEO promised the team a trip to Guadaloupe if they won one stage.
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