Tour de France: Bernal says Thomas OK'd Galibier attack

On the second rest day of the 2019 Tour de France in Nimes on Monday, Team Ineos seemed slightly out of their comfort zone, not knowing quite what to say in the unfamiliar position of having two leaders and no yellow jersey.

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