Originally Posted by johnny99

I was talking about the 3 mountain top finishes in a row last weekend that were epic. Unfortunately, lots of bad luck in this race has made the week after that less competitive. Two pre-race favorites (Gesink and Mosquera) crashed hard and are now non-factors. Another favorite (Evans) lost so much time after a flat tire that he's no longer a factor to win, but maybe he can creep back up to a podium position in today's time trial. Sánchez and Basso are 2nd and 3rd in the race (as of yesterday), more because of bad luck to the competitors rather than great riding of their own.