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Wheel Change TdF24-53
There seemed to be a rash of flat tires in the peloton today. It could have been the showers that kept coming and going through the early part of the stage washing grit into the roadway. The Maillot Vert on the shoulders of Biniam Girmay (Intermache-Wanty) stopped and held his bike up for his mechanic to swap rear wheels. He seemed completely at ease, but then the peloton was in full cry and there was another 79 kilometers of racing before the sprint finale. Girmay is the only man in the peloton who has already won two stages this year. Obviously, while I am sure he wants more, and wants to keep the sprinters' jersey, the pressure is off for the Eritrean.