Hey, if the stage doesn’t suit your strengths, why not have some fun with it?
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What flavor is the cake, though?
"This is my fifth [Tour de France] and the first time I've been able to get in the break on my birthday. I've tried every year but normally it comes in the third week, on a terrible mountain stage, and it's hard to pick the right move."
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That’s Argyle the Crocodile to you.
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It’s all fun and games until it’s not anymore. At the time of publishing, still no one knows why the time trial world champion abandoned the Tour one day before the individual time trial.
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The women don’t have their own Tour (don’t worry, they’re working to change that), but they do still get a day of glory with La Course. This year’s queen? Marianne Vos back on top.
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Royal treatment for the man in yellow.
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Riding in his first Tour de France on a team with no true GC contender, American Joey Rosskopf, with a hometown of Decatur, Georgia, had to make a name for himself on the individual stages.
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The stage wasn’t as nice to other cyclists, taking out strong time trialist and Stage 10 winner Wout Van Aert on one of the final turns. But it did allow him to give some rather unique analysis after the fact.
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Changing bikes in the middle of a time trial? We’re still trying to figure out if this was a good idea.
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Alaphilippe put on an absolute show for the French fans this Tour de France. Who guessed before the start that he would win the ITT? Be honest.
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