It was between him and Quintana for third. Bardet is a bit of a romantic's choice but he came second last year. Quintana's got a better GT record than Porte, although he doesn't seem to fire on all 12 at the Tour I don't think.
I reckon Froome won't be in yellow till week 3 but will ride in to top form....Porte in yellow for a few days mid-race and it'll be down to the columbian and Froome with not much in it....G could be the game changer to keep Froome in it as long as he doesn't fall off first week!
Hope Cav can somehow win a stage from the multiple opertunities but he's up against it.
Expect a Dan McLay will get at least one win.
Would be good to see Geraint up there in GC in the last week.
A Cummings stage would be awesome.
Porte does look in amazing form, I can see him winning a few of the mountain stages, but can't see him stringing it together for 3 straight weeks.
All G has to do now is support Froome and then drop off for the last few km of the summit finish and he will be close to the podium. With all the downhill finishes he will have a good shot of staying up there.
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