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2020 Tour de France, Features, Julian Alaphilippe, Opinion and analysis, Racing - September 3, 2020

Arbitrary lines and a yellow jersey stripped

In 2017, on a steep, roasting slope in the Pyrenees, Rigoberto Urán snatched a water bottle from someone in Cannondale-Drapac green on the side of the road. He was 5 kilometers from the finish line. George Bennett took one at 6.7 km. Romain Bardet took one too, as did a few others. It was hot, …

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‘We made a mistake,’ says Deceuninck DS after Alaphilippe loses yellow

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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

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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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Advantage Jumbo-Visma: Early impressions of the Tour’s battle for yellow

Tuesday’s fourth stage of the 2020 Tour de France offered our first chance to see the yellow-jersey hopefuls do battle. The 160.5-kilometer stage from Sisteron may have been relatively uneventful for most of the day, and we did not get a full-on war of attacks and counterattacks in the closing kilometers, but the final climb …

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Julian Alaphilippe is racing in a US$120,500 watch, because why not

As one of the superstars of the sport, Julian Alaphilippe is used to the finer things. He races a US$12,000 bike, can snap his fingers and get as much laminate flooring as he can dream of, and has all the alcohol-free beer he can stomach. But there’s one detail on his left wrist at the …

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Arbitrary lines and a yellow jersey stripped

‘We made a mistake,’ says Deceuninck DS after Alaphilippe loses yellow

Alaphilippe loses yellow due to time penalty, Yates now leads the Tour

Advantage Jumbo-Visma: Early impressions of the Tour’s battle for yellow

Julian Alaphilippe is racing in a US$120,500 watch, because why not

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