Originally Posted by
justinb
I thought so too when I saw Zabriskie driving it from 20k out. I do think Garmin's best chance to get Farrar a win is to out TTT Columbia from 15+K. That would be a.) hard to pull off, b.) a lot of effort c.) maybe not wise when you have two men in the top 10GC who would have to be committed to the strategy and who probably shouldn't be mixing it up in the final Ks of a sprint stage.
I think you're right to suggest that the Garmin sprint strategy is compromised, by having two guys in the top ten on GC. Wiggins is already prominent in the last kilometre but i feel his influence would be greater if he was lying 40th overall. I think your solution to the problem of Cavendish is a bit misguided, though. Racing in the bunch is never a TTT, it's always a coalition of competing and cooperating forces. No single team ever dictates the race from 15k out- unless they are in full panic mode. The motivating force for Columbia is that Cavendish is clearly the best finisher in this year's race. The bad news for Farrar is that with the form he has, Cavendish would probably beat him regularly from behind as well as from the front.