Originally Posted by
Dreww10
I suppose there are different ways of looking at it, but it seems like a TTT on stage 2 (in which Ineos is usually the odds-on favorite to win) is a mistake that takes the excitement out of the race right away. If Thomas and Bernal get even a couple of seconds on their primary challengers, this thing is a three-week parade. And that's precisely what happened.
Skineos have
never won a TTT in the Tour. BMC are the usual favourites. Ineos may have been one of the favourites for stage 2 but in fact they
didn't win even if they gained a bit of time on the main GC teams.
A couple of seconds early in a GT is a lot less significant than it would be in say the last week as there are going to be plenty of opportunities to regain time.
Someone on here predicted Skineos would win all three GTs in 2019, we already know they won't.
Thomas isn't in form and Bernal lacks experience, this Tour is still wide open.