Is anyone following this?
It is a thriller this year - I thought it would be Froome/Quintana but there are some new people like Esteban Chaves and Tom Dumoulin. Every day has a surprise and there are some brutal climbs tomorrow.
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Big question - who's going to win the GC? Place your bets...

Yes I'm following it, been a good start.

Very early days as they've not hit the proper mountains yet. The type of finishes they've had so far are more suited to the likes of Rodriguez and Valverde. I think once they're into the high mountains the likes of Froome, Quintana and maybe TJ will come into their own.

Chaves has ridden very well so far but he doesn't have a team equipped for high mountains. He'll have to fly solo. Be interesting to see how he gets on today.

Wednesdays stage is a brute. There's one cat 2, four cat 1 and one out of category climb

Dimoulin will be half an hour off the lead after that......

Todays stage with a Cat 1 to finish on, should see the GC contenders showing their hands.

As for the overall, Heart says Froome but head is saying Quintana.