Daring Alaphilippe 'unplugged brain' to cling to Tour yellow

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SAINT-MICHEL-DE-MAURIENNE, France (AP) -- With the Alps spread like giant teeth in front of him and rivals speeding away, seeking to steal the precious yellow jersey off his shoulders, Julian Alaphilippe switched off the part of the brain that stops normal people from taking death-defying risks. ''It was a day of folly,'' Alaphilippe said. With one big Alpine stage completed and just two more to go, Alaphilippe is still in yellow and one step closer to delivering a first Tour de France title since 1985 to his country, crossing fingers, toes and everything else that he makes it through the mountains to Paris on Sunday still in the lead.

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