(26-07-2019 16:09 )hornball Wrote:  Crazy stuff!! Not steeped in cycling, so need to ask this question: When a natural event like this occurs (can't remember one) which prevents the stage from being completed, why is the entire stage not just cancelled and the times the riders had before the start maintained?? Nobody foresaw this happening, and although Aliphillipe was draining time on the climb - as we saw yesterday, his ability to descend surely would have seen him probably - if not definitely - limit his losses to retain yellow. Indeed, he was starting to claw back a second here a second there!

Is it not unfair on him that an element of the stage that he excels at was the cut off point for cancelling it, while retaining times up to that point, and declaring a finish time as if the stage had been completed?

A few said that he would likely lose more time tomorrow, so delaying the inevitable, but that is pure speculation!

(27-07-2019 16:45 )SecretAgent Wrote:  ^ Agreed Alaphilippe made the Tour exciting and I wish he had held on to a podium place. The final week was always going to be crucial though and Bernal deserved his win. Thomas also showed what a class act he is with his comments in the last few days.