Vuelta '17, then there were 6. Team Sky ripped apart the peleton yesterday. Great riding by Froome, I was quite surprised no one other than Chaves were able to go with him on the final climb, only Nibali with his great descending skills saved the GC riders from further embarrassment.
Moscon almost dropped Froome, not bad for a Classics rider.
Froome could have done with a heavier accomplice than Chavez on that descent. And then when Bardet and co. got to him they were just sitting on his wheel whereas the chasers were riding through and off to take better advantage of the downhill and actually closed at a considerably quicker pace.
If I was Nibali I would have left the 'shark' salute until after the line and perhaps gained another second.
Froome also dropped too far back in the group and missed Nibali's attack and pretty much undid all of his sprint bonuses.