Updates from the shortened 59km penultimate stageLandslides cut stage 20 short in boost for BernalGet in touch! Email Simon or tweet @Simon_Burnton 2.51pm BST 17km to go: Dylan van Baarle has been dropped, leaving four Ineos riders in the peloton: Bernal, Thomas, Jonathan Castroviejo and Wout Poels. 2.50pm BST 18km to go: The five lead, by about 1min 50sec now, though Omar Fraile is about to join them. Alaphilippe remains in the peloton, and in second. “Do teams ever make deals in-running to help each other?” asks Noel Fitzpatrick. “Maybe if one has a GC candidate but no domestiques left, and the other has a good team but no one in the race for a jersey/podium?” Certainly riders chat during the race, and assist each other when there’s mutual benefit. I’m not sure about your example, and whether a team would help out someone else’s rider simply because they don’t have much else on, but most things that can happen have happened. Continue reading…
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