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2019 Tour de France, Features, maillot sable, News, Podcasts - July 24, 2019

The Maillot Sable classification

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There’s a new (and very unofficial) classification at the Tour de France. Its list of winners is long and illustrious, full of names like Richie Porte, Bauke Mollema, and Thomas Voeckler. It is the Hour Classification, the sand-coloured maillot sable, handed to the rider closest to one hour behind on the general classification. What is …

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Charting the Tour: What the data show us as the race heads for the Alps

We’re well into the third week of the Tour de France and still we have no idea who’s going to win the race — we’ve got a few more mountain stages before that will become clear. Throughout this year’s race VeloClub member Cameron Harris has been turning Tour de France results data into interesting charts …

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Jack Haig’s Tour de France Diary: Rest day legs and breakaway wins

We’re into the third week of the Tour de France and, to be honest, I feel the best I’ve ever felt at this point in a Grand Tour. Maybe it’s because I took a lot of time off with my knee injury so I was fresher coming into the race. Or maybe it was just …

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Photo gallery: Team bikes of the 2019 Tour de France, part three

There are still a few crucial days of racing left in this year’s Tour de France, and still bikes from several teams that we have yet to cover in any sort of detail. We’re rectifying that situation now, however, with a closer look at what the riders of Bahrain-Merida, Total-Direct Energie, EF-Education First, UAE-Emirates, and …

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Thomas not expecting ‘freak’ crash to affect him in hard days ahead at Tour

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Geraint Thomas (Ineos) says he is okay after he crashed around one hour into Tuesday’s stage 16 at the Tour de France. The defending overall champion went down solo while rounding a bend with around 130 kilometers to go in the 177-kilometer stage. His left side took the brunt of the fall. Although it was …

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The Maillot Sable classification

Charting the Tour: What the data show us as the race heads for the Alps

Jack Haig’s Tour de France Diary: Rest day legs and breakaway wins

Photo gallery: Team bikes of the 2019 Tour de France, part three

Thomas not expecting ‘freak’ crash to affect him in hard days ahead at Tour

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