'There's no point worrying about the time cut' - sprinters battle through the mountains

With two 146km mountain stages before Paris, the Tour de France sprinters are facing a race against time to avoid the cut

The gruppetto at the Tour de France (Dan Gould)

The Tour de France sprinters say that it is going to be tough to survive the final two mountain days in the Alps and to arrive in Paris for the sprint on Sunday.

The whirling of turbo trainers filled the air before the short and explosive 146-kilometre stage 19 to the Le Bettex summit finish on Mont Blanc. Not only the classification men, but the sprinters were warming their legs for the stage ahead.

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