Greig Leach

When the solo rider attacked the break, the rest spent too much time trying to make the others do the chasing. Finally, this trio of Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Louis Barre (Intermache-Wanty), and Harold Tejada (XDS-Astana) realized the stage win, and with it the yellow jersey, was putting seconds into their aspirations. These guys had to make up fourteen seconds in a mere kilometer and a half. I doubt there is any chance of that happening. Instead, just two of them will be contenting themselves with a step on the podium. They never managed to get any closer, but it was Tejada taking second and Barre taking third. Despite, or more likely because of, all of his efforts it was Lipowitz who missed out. The three now hold the same positions in the general classification that they finished in Charantonnay.