Three days before the arrival in Paris, French cycling is at the time of the assessment, the Tour de France being for the French teams, but especially for the public, the standard value of the level of the local riders.
Verdict?
Stable.
And with a little delay in the results of the bac, it is possible to hazard the following assessment: "Promising, but can do better."
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The general classification of the Tour de France
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Let's go for the numbers while three stages remain to be completed which hardly seem to benefit the French anyway: with three men in the top 20, the French peloton is doing just as well, and even a little better, in terms of general classification than during the last edition last September.
2019, on the other hand, was a better vintage, with four riders among the top twenty, and Julian Alaphilippe in 5th place after wearing the yellow jersey for two weeks.
It is in terms of the number of stage victories that this edition is a small year: only one, for Julian Alaphilippe on the first day of racing,
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