Instead Hinault attacked twice in the Pyrenees, nearly opening an insurmountable lead before he collapsed and was overtaken in the second attempt.
With a total of 1,820 points, he leads Norway's Kjetil Andre Aamodt atop the overall standing by 420 points and cannot be overtaken in the World Cup finals in Bormio next week.
Meanwhile, the New Orleans Pelicans, the team best situated to take advantage of Durant's indefinite absence, have dropped their last three games and have been overtaken in the standings by the once left-for-dead Phoenix Suns, who are currently ninth.
Indeed, although they were advantaged with regard to mortality risk in 1970s and 1980s, they were overtaken in the 1990s by those in lower occupational classes who benefited more during the same period.
Only God combines intimacy and otherness like this, and he has long been overtaken in the celebrity stakes by that other indivisible One, José Mourinho.
As dispiriting as that exchange is, it was still at a level of civility and substance that has been overtaken in the media by shrill, partisan squabbling and "alternate facts".
Strettle and Simpson-Daniel have been overtaken in the pecking order by Gloucester's Charlie Sharples and Harlequins wing Ugo Monye.
His aides dismissed the latest problems, and said they would be overtaken in the days ahead as Mr. Steele names top aides and begins talking about what he is doing to do moving forward.
They seemed headed for victory in the Women's Teams in Cincinnati last month, with Juanita Chambers, Jill Levin, Janice Molson-Sokolow and Tobi Sokolow, but were overtaken in the last round by Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Valerie Westheimer, Judy Wadas, Linda Lewis and Karen Barrett.
Meyer suggested it was overtaken in the spring or summer of 2002.
