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2019 Tour de France, Features, News, Thibaut Pinot - July 26, 2019

Thibaut Pinot abandons Tour de France with leg injury

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Frenchman Thibaut Pinot abandoned the Tour de France Friday just 40km into Stage 19 due to an unspecified issue with his left leg. The winner of Stage 14 atop the Tourmalet, Pinot was sitting fifth overall, 1:50 behind compatriot Julian Alaphilippe, at the start of Stage 19 from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Tignes. After the group of GC …

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CyclingTips Weekly Quiz #21: How closely have you been following the Tour?

Only three more stages left of the 2019 Tour de France and the race is poised for a thrilling conclusion. With two big mountain stages left and such a tight margin between the top contenders, nobody has any idea of who will win. How closely have you been paying attention throughout the past three weeks? …

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Time is running out for Alaphilippe’s rivals

Julian Alaphilippe is finally starting to dream. After 14 days in yellow, after surviving the Pyrenees, after surviving the first big test in the Alps, he’s starting to think that maybe, just maybe, he can win the Tour de France. He’s starting to picture himself as the first French winner since Bernard Hinault way back …

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What is Movistar doing?

Nairo Quintana won Friday’s stage to Valloire, but it’s not entirely clear that he was supposed to. Movistar is fractured, privately and publicly. Two of its three stars have been tied to other teams, or at the very least tied to leaving Movistar. None has performed to expectations this Tour de France. They sit in …

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Bernal after Tour stage 18: Thomas told me to attack

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It was mostly a war of attrition in the GC group on Thursday’s stage 18 of the Tour de France until Ineos’s Egan Bernal made things interesting on the Col du Galibier. The 22-year-old Colombian put in a big attack on the Alpine climb and ultimately pulled away, putting yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and …

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Thibaut Pinot abandons Tour de France with leg injury

CyclingTips Weekly Quiz #21: How closely have you been following the Tour?

Time is running out for Alaphilippe’s rivals

What is Movistar doing?

Bernal after Tour stage 18: Thomas told me to attack

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