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Originally Posted by Scout Sniper
. Now we have a three way tie going into the last stage, two of which are teammates (or within say only a couple of seconds of each other).

What goes down on the run for Paris?

Does Disco pick one of them to work for?

Do they let fate and individual desire/skill take it's course?

I thought that no one attacked on the last stage, but here we would have three guys who all deserve a shot at winning the tour and none of them have truly proved they deserve it more than the other two. What happens?

Thanks
No one attacks the yellow jersey on the final stage because it would be futile to do so. However, in your very improbable scenario of a tie, then obviously they would be racing to win into Paris.

Given that a mass sprint finish would still be highly likely, your scenario might well come down to intermediate sprint time bonuses. Hence you'd have to support the best sprinter between the two, and try to implement a strategy to steal an intermediate sprint from the sprinters.
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