Its not quite as simple as counting time trial differences and punctures………..
True, but IF Froome was given free reign to blast up the mountains, then I think BMC and Liquigas would have spent more time at the front trying to wear him down, whereas the Wiggins tactic meant they (Sky) only broke away from the competition on the last mountain stage.
And if Froom had gone the first time he heard ‘Go’ not ‘Slow’, or the 2nd time whilst Wiggins was daydreaming, would he have been tired the next day, would that have left him tired for the last TT (if he wasn’t going flat out while Wiggo supposedly was on the limit then argualbly he should heve been in better shape than Wiggo)? Don’t forget he was almost dropped on a couple of other climbs so it’s not like he was leagues ahead.