Tdf Team Time Trial - F1 on a dirt oval?

Today's team time trial stage of the Tour certainly proved suspenseful and exciting but at times it also seemed a little absurd. I'm all for a technical time trial course rather than just a straight wide highway but asking nine guys to ride full-gas with precision and focus on a narrow, super twisty course in a windy part of the world is a little like asking Formula One cars to put on their best performance on a 1/4-mile dirt oval.

Pros riding a team time trial should be about speed, power, and poetry in motion, not who can navigate a super complicated roundabout without falling over or blasting off into the weeds. Furthermore, a course like today's puts the lower budget teams at even more of a disadvantage as they probably don't have the time or resources to dedicate to the ultra-thorough reconnaisance required to ride the course at top speed without falling all over themselves.

Lets keep the dirt track cars on the dirt tracks and Formula One cars on the road race circuits.