Quote Originally Posted by ny biker View Post
Okay I will say it, I think this tour has been boring.

Usually I have little interest in the sprinters' stages in the first week, but this year that turned out to be the most interesting part, with Sagan and Greipel lighting things up.

Since then, having the #2 guy on the same team as the guy in yellow has taken the excitement out of the mountain stages. Liquigas tried to attack, but when you know the guy in second has no intention of riding as fast as he can, it's just dull. It would have been way better if Froome was on another team.
I have to say that I totally agree with you. The early stages were by far the most exciting this year, which is unusual. The mountains were a bore, except for the scenery, which was gorgeous.

I was happy for Voeckler, but I really didn't have anyone to strongly root for or against this year, which also took some of the fun out of it. There were a lot of riders I didn't know at all since I don't follow pro cycling very closely. It was a lot more interesting when the Schlecks and Contador were battling it out, and before that Lance, Ulrich, and the other "old timers". To me anyway.