Almost as amazing as what happens in a bike race is what doesn’t happen.
This can be especially true in the sprint stages, where there are several dozen kilometers of anticipatory theater before the the final run-in to the finish even begins. On a stage as flat as today’s, this drama can start as far out as 40-50 kilometers to go, or as soon as the day’…
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