Tour de France combativity award to be voted via Twitter - News shorts
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Social media users will get a bigger say in the winner of this year`s Prix de la combativité or most aggressive rider competition at the Tour de France. New rules allow further nominations via the social media platform Twitter on the two rest days and a final vote on the most aggressive rider in the race on the final day in Paris. A jury of esteemed French journalists and race technical director Thierry Gouvenou will still decide the Prix de la combativité on a daily basis. However, anyone can vote for the two rest day `super-combatif` riders from first two weeks of the race. The rider who secures the most retweets will be declared as the winner and so nominated for the final vote. Peter Sagan won the super-combatif prize last year, beating Romain Bardet, who finished third overall behind Chris Froome.ADVERTISEMENT Mørkøv and Bystrøm left out of Katusha-Alpecin Tour de France squad Alexander Kristoff has said he was surprised to find out that fellow Norwegian and key lead out man Michael Mørkøv has not been selected for the Katusha-Alpecin Tour de France team. The full Katusha-Alpecin line up has yet to be confirmed, but Norwegian media reported the absence of Mørkøv and Sven Erik Bystrøm on Monday, suggesting the tension between Kristoff and team management as one of the possible reasons. Mørkøv explained that the Tour de France had been on his original race programme, while Kristoff admitted he had not been contacted about the line up for the Tour de France. The relationship between Kristoff and Katusha appeared strained in May when the rider told the media that the team were not happy with his weight. WADA gives UCLA anti-doping Laboratory partial suspension Take our big sports survey to be in with a chance of winning one of ten prizes, each worth £100! You can read more at Cyclingnews.com