In article
.com
,
wrote:

These guys sacrifice their health to win taking drugs and doing
anything else to cheat so why do they respect the custom of not
competing on final stage? Lets say you are in second by a few seconds
and know you can win the final stage. Do you really give up even the
stage win? I just dont get it.

Because the sprinters and sprinter's teams are out
there to win time bonuses also. That is heavy
competition.

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Michael Press