Agreed.
Reminded me a lot of Arnold S. successfully messing with Lou Ferrigno's head in the old documentary Pumping Iron. :-)
Another thing he (correctly) pointed out was that Rudi Pevenage appeared to make a lot of the hopeless tactical calls himself -- and refrained from correcting Jan's tactical blunders. Bruyneel vs. Pevenage has to be one of the greatest mismatches of all time. Even Jan's front wheel choices were absurd -- both on the key climbing stage and in the final windy/wet TT...