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I would add, that while its true both riders have the most competitive bikes this year, riding them at that level means a lot more of their track time is spent at, and/or past the edge, which from all reports, have been made much more unpredictable as a result of  aero and inconsistent quality control in the Michelin tires - my point being that a fair number of the DNFs were not so much a result of poor riding as they are a result of technology that can defeat even the best riders who crash for no obvious reason, despite all the post race efforts to explain the crashes. For myself, I don’t automatically assign blame to the rider for every crash.  How many times do we see riders going through a turn at a relatively slow pace, not doing anything crazy, and then just BAM - go down? The quality control with tires makes for much more of a crapshoot than most people think.