Greig Leach

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) had started the day by riding a recon of the course. While on the ride he learned that his normal TT bike set up wouldn't work for the steam climb in the middle of the stage. He went back to his team mechanics and had them add a second chain ring and derailleur to his bike. That set up allowed him to spin a higher rpm up the hill. It clearly worked. He finished the day in second place on the stage, and that moved him up to fifth in the general classification. Perhaps even more importantly, it enabled him to put twenty-two seconds into Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates). If this race is any indication of that other big French race in July, we are in for quite an adventure in three weeks time.