"A wave of illness has swept over us overnight. We are currently investigating whether food poisoning is the cause," explains Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's sports director
Patxi Villa in conversation with his team's
official website post-stage. "Several staff members have been affected and have had to pull out of today's stage. Also, Nico, Gampi, Dani and Aleks were unwell during the stage. We will gather now and will focus on tomorrow's final stage."
Thankfully, and most importantly, Roglic himself seemed relatively unaffected, maintaining his comfortable overall lead with a strong performance on the final climb. “The team was not at its best but everybody gave it their best, big respect, they just put everything they had," explained Roglic in his own post-stage interview, admitting things were far from ideal for the team on stage 20. "Luckily I’m quite fine for the moment so it was a nice day."