Tour de France’s 19th stage stopped due to upcoming hail storm

Since 2015 all bicycles in the Tour de France have been equipped with a cellphone-sized device that transmits speed and other data to TV viewers.
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The 19th stage of the Tour de France was stopped because of an upcoming hail storm, organisers said on Friday.

Timings were taken at the top of the Col de L’Iseran, with Colombian Egan Bernal taking the overall lead from France’s Julian Alaphilippe.

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