Tour de France: Bernal was shouting at Kwiatkowski to slow down, says Mollema

Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) at the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Fresh doubts over Egan Bernal's fitness have emerged after Bauke Mollema claimed he'd heard the 2019 Tour de France champion shouting at his teammate to slow down in the final kilometre of stage 6

Bernal had to abandon the Critérium du Dauphiné last month due to a back problem. It was still bothering him when he arrived in Nice for the start of the race but he was optimistic it would improve as the race went on. 

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