Riders cry foul at Tour de France motorbikes, saying Alaphilippe slipstreamed into yellow

After retaking the yellow jersey after a typically swashbuckling late attack on stage 8 of the Tour de France, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) was sent on the defensive after being accused of following in the slipstream of camera motorbikes as he and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) sped to the finish.

Dani Ostanek
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