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Boonen skips Ain, confirms Vuelta
Quick Step’s Tom Boonen is skipping this weekend’s Tour de l’Ain, but has confirmed he will start the Vuelta a España later this month. After a disastrous Tour de France, the Belgian classics star is looking to regroup before the world championships in September. The former world and current Belgian road champion was scheduled to race for the first time since the Tour at Sunday’s start at the four-day Tour de l’Ain, but he still hasn’t fully recovered from a nagging cold that prompted his departureahead of the 15th stage of the Tour.
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Dear Explainer,
I was happy to see that the Tour de France reintroduced the team time trial to this year’s race. It raised a question that has bothered me for a long time, though.
While I understand that teams are assigned the finishing times of the fifth rider to cross the line, what happens to those riders who finish behind the fifth rider? More importantly, what happens to teams that, for whatever reason, have to start the TTT with fewer than five riders?
Jonathan Bergner
Washington, D.C.
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