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‘We made a mistake,’ says Deceuninck DS after Alaphilippe loses yellow
Deceuninck-Quick-Step has acknowledged its error in giving Julian Alaphilippe a water bottle inside the final 20 kilometers of the fifth stage of the Tour de France, a decision that cost the Frenchman the yellow jersey. The race jury decided to dock Alaphilippe 20 seconds for taking an illegal feed after he took a bottle from …
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Alaphilippe loses yellow due to time penalty, Yates now leads the Tour
Julian Alaphilippe lost control of the yellow jersey on Wednesday’s stage 5 of the Tour de France after he was handed a 20-second time penalty. Adam Yates is the new leader of the Tour de France. On a day that saw the Tour peloton rolling comfortable only a largely downhill profile without even a breakaway …
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Van Aert sprints to the stage 5 win: Daily Tour Digest
(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Wout van Aert won stage 5 of the Tour de France on Wednesday, proving fastest in a bunch kick in Privas. The 25-year-old Belgian pipped Cees Bol at the line despite a textbook lead-out from Bol’s Sunweb teammates. Sam Bennett took third …
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The refreshing audacity of Guillaume Martin
Somebody had to do something to liven up the race. Just like the day before it, stage 4 of the 2020 Tour de France had been a largely tedious affair — a long, controlled day of Deceuninck-QuickStep leading the bunch around south east France before inevitably tugging on the rope that bound the sextet up …
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Gallery: Roglic imposes himself on stage 4 of the Tour de France
On stage 4 of the 2020 Tour de France we got our first look at the form of the GC contenders. As Dane Cash wrote earlier today, Jumbo-Visma put on an impressive display, while Ineos, the team of defending champion Egan Bernal (and the team that’s won seven Tours in eight years) looked decidedly less …
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