So I would have looked pretty smart yesterday if I threw out Ahlaphilppe's name like I sort of almost did when Mr. Booga and I were waxing lyrically about our aged Spaniard's chances. Story of my life. Instead, I opted to pump up Warren Barguil who gave me a glimmer of hope then slammed that door shut. As is my m.o.
For tomorrow's short sharp shoot out (but not as pointy as
#17 ), I got nothin'. At least until my revisionism later in the day.
Well, almost nothin'. T'm sort of thinking G winds up in yellow unless something sordid happens amongst the team (please let it not be a Froome mechanical after all the others have been shed, putting G on the horns of a dilemna). Sticking my neck out a bit further, I think Adam pips Froome for a few seconds and the GC placing, and Mr. Bojangles drifts off the back, perhaps riding in with Alejandro.
I'll throw out a very uncertain end-of-stage GC ranking of:
G
Yates
Landa
Froome
Nibali
Dumo
Roglic
with the caveat that Fuglsgang could be anywhere from
#2 to
#lots in that list. I'll put him there after Landa as a wild guess.