Greig Leach

Once Pogacar had gone, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) settled into his climbing rhythm. The attack had come with twelve kilometers to climb, seven kilometers later Vingegaard was starting to reverse the gap. At his point he was down eighteen seconds. The question is, "Will five kilometers be enough road to reel the Maillot Jaune back in?" Alas, the answer was no. He did reduce Pogacar's advantage by four seconds, but clearly that wasn't enough to prevent him losing even more time to his main rival. Behind, others were losing even more time including his own teammates who had done so much to try an isolate the main in the leader's yellow jersey.