Don't forget that Froome was far from the loyal super dom that Porte was to him this year.
Rubbish.
Fair enough, there was one stage where he was maybe a tad exuberant and arguably attacked Wiggins, but other than that Froome, along with the entire 2012 squad were all in line for Wiggins.
The wives got their handbags out on behalf of their spouses, but I thought Froome did a very professional job last year, especially seeing as - unlike Porte this year who sunk his hypothetical GC chances in the Pyrenees - he was just getting closer and closer himself to Wiggins all the time and at times looked better.
Porte, as fantastic as he undeniably was this year for Froome, was never in the same bracket.