Procycling

GAME THEORY AND A NICE SPRINT

ycling is often described as chess on wheels, and when Adam Yates, Julian Alaphilippe and Marc Hirschi descended headlong into Nice on stage 2, they faced a finely balanced endgame. The trio had conflicting aims. They needed to work together to hold off a fast-closing peloton.

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