Tour starts tomorrow and for the first time in a long time there appears to be four or maybe as many as five or six legitimate contenders.
The smart money is on Froome with his unsurpassed combination of time trialing and climbing but his Sky team is definitely a couple of steps below Nibali's Astana.
Nibali though hasn't as of yet shown much this year and he looked really ordinary at the Dauphine.
Then there's Quintana the supreme climber who comes into the Tour a little under raced but at least fresh unlike .....
Contador who came close to losing the Giro when ran out of gas in the last couple of stages.Also like Quintana's Movistar team with Valverde, Contador's Tinkoff Saxo is always going to be a little conflicted with Peter Sagan's ambitions.
All this sort of sets up a scenario where a relative long shot like Pinot may benefit if he finds himself in the right position and has the legs.Although there's far too much talent above him to count on it.
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