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Where Movistar went wrong on stage 14 of the Tour de France

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Nairo Quintana’s yellow jersey dreams faded on the slopes of the Tourmalet on Saturday. The two-time overall runner-up was dropped from the GC group well before the summit finish of stage 14 of the Tour de France, unable to stay with a hard tempo set by his own Movistar team. “Nairo was not at his …

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Pinot wins atop Tourmalet as Alaphilippe extends Tour lead: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Thibaut Pinot wins stage 14 of the Tour de France as Julian Alaphilippe stuns with a runner-up ride to solidify his GC lead, Geraint Thomas among big names losing time, van Aert faces a two-month recovery after his stage 13 crash. Those stories and more …

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Today at the Tour: As ever, the Tour de France is predictably unpredictable

On Thursday, there were questions about whether Julian Alaphilippe could defend his maillot jaune against Geraint Thomas in a 27km time trial. A day later, Alaphilippe has extended his GC lead by 14 seconds. On Thursday, Rohan Dennis and Wout van Aert topped the list of Stage 13 favorites. A day later, they’re both out …

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Thomas sees Alaphilippe as a real threat for the Tour de France overall

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Geraint Thomas (Ineos) was as impressed as anyone else with the Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) performed on Friday’s stage 13 time trial at the Tour de France. The defending Tour champ headed into the stage as a hot favorite to take the victory and pick up time in the GC battle, but it was Alaphilippe who …

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The corner that ended Wout van Aert’s Tour de France

Pau, France (CT) – Four days after his debut Tour stage win, in a technical conclusion to a tricky time trial, it all went wrong for Wout van Aert. On this right-hander just before the flamme rouge, you hear the riders coming before you see them. There’s the blare of the lead motorbike, and then, …

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Where Movistar went wrong on stage 14 of the Tour de France

Pinot wins atop Tourmalet as Alaphilippe extends Tour lead: Daily News Digest

Today at the Tour: As ever, the Tour de France is predictably unpredictable

Thomas sees Alaphilippe as a real threat for the Tour de France overall

The corner that ended Wout van Aert’s Tour de France

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