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Tour leaders Pogacar, Vingegaard sleepy after anti-doping tests in small hours
VOUGY, France, July 19 : Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar and Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, the top two riders in the Tour de France general classification, underwent anti-doping controls in the middle of the night overnight, both riders said before the start of Sunday's 15th stage.Unannounced testing has been permitted at the race since 2016, with riders subject to on-the-spot tests between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time.Yellow jersey Pogacar was tested at 5 a.m. (0300 GMT), a UAE Team Emirates-XRG spokesperson told Reuters."I got four hours of sleep today," Pogacar said before the start. "I couldn't fall back to sleep. It was definitely not nice to wake up in the middle of sweet dreams." "They come randomly in the mornings through the tour, and today they chose night time."Vingegaard s
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