I haven't looked at the start list in detail yet, but Quick-Step has not had the best luck with MSR. You could view that as them either being due for a big win (reversion to the mean), or just not being very good at this race (just a lower base rate).
He won a stage in Tirreno-Adriatico, so its hard to say he's not a favorite.
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