EF Education-Easypost rider Alberto Bettiol's support for rival Tadej Pogacar during Stage 5 of the Tour de France was «horrendous», according to Eurosport's Robbie McEwen. With two team members up the road during the stage's cobbled section and one of them — Neilson Powless — in with a chance of taking the yellow jersey at the end of the day's racing, Bettiol inexplicably decided to hit the front of the chasing group, upping the tempo and allowing GC contender and UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar to make up some of the lost ground. Ad/> The goings-on didn't stop after the stage either, with Bettiol's team boss Jonathan Vaughters tweeting that it would be an «interesting debrief» and Bettiol retweeting a still image of him doing his work for Pogacar.