sinycalone

Several posters have pointed out that the race is designed and finalized before the teams are selected. They don't make changes on the fly -- unless some unexpected/unavoidable circumstances arise. I know if someone was rooting for the Cyclists it might have seemed unfair...but they don't mold the legs to fit specific teams.

Just a reminder: TPTB design the legs before any teams are chosen....so they could not know who be taking the FF. The Cyclists made a mistake gambling on the FF...but they figured they would be U-Turned so they wanted to avoid that risk. Understandable...but still foolish.