Cycling - Tour de France - Castres, France - Team INEOS news conference - July 16, 2019 - The logo of Team INEOS is seen on a truck. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
CASTRES, France (Reuters) - Team Ineos are already poised for a Tour de France triumph before the race even enters the high mountains after a brutal display of strength on the eve of the first rest day.
It had looked like being a tight battle between defending champion Geraint Thomas, his team mate Egan Bernal and in-form Thibaut Pinot, but the Frenchman was thrown off course by a gust of crosswind in Monday’s 10th stage.
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