Greig Leach

Over the top of the last of the small climbs of the day, the Cote de Pontaumur, the break away split up due to the attack of the American, Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar). On the lower slopes of the Puy de Dome, he was roughly a minute ahead of these three chasers. He was holding off his fellow countryman, Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) in his Maillot a Pois, along with Matthieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) and Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious). These three had another seven chasing them, with other somewhere further back, with the peloton beginning to collect them one by one. With all of those who seem most likely to win the Tour in Paris now about ten minutes back, the day was now becoming a story of two seperate races in a single stage.