Originally Posted by JSCjr

I thought that Froome and Dumoulin were each too expensive given my perceived odds of their winning (neither rider nor their teams seemed to be in great form), so I gambled in part on a strategy where Dennis would win the opening TT and accumulate big points while carrying the Maglia Rosa up to perhaps stage 6. Fell a couple of seconds short on that, but he's won an intermediate sprint already today and will likely retain at least second place until they reach Sicily.