Greig Leach

These two have spent most of their cycling career locked together in friendly competition. The two even race against each other in the off season in the Cyclo-Cross discipline. Today they went to the line together, Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) ensuring he would spend yet another day in the Maillot Jaune. Riding into Creusot with the leader of the Tour was the current Belgium champion, Wout Van Aert Jumbo-Visma). Van Aert is sitting third at the start of the day, but this effort moved him up to second. Behind Van Aert, his team leader, Primoz Roglic, was dropping away from the rest of the contenders, apparently succumbing to his multiple injuries from an earlier crash in this Tour. Now Jumbo-Visma is faced with trying to decide who will be their guy for the general classification. It is suspect that Van Aert won't have the legs to go all the way to Paris through the high mountains. Conversely, Jonas Vingegaard sits second in the Best Young Rider competition and hung tough with the other contenders. Perhaps tomorrow's ride over the Colombiere will decide who the team will ride for.