Greig Leach

With just a mere kilometer and a half to race, it looked like the much anticipated GC show down on the Grand Colombier might not happen. Both Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) each still had one teammate that could set the pace on the front of the group, It was Simon Yates (UAE Team Emirates) who had attacked, but was quickly covered by Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma). They were each followed in turn by their respective team leaders. On their wheels were the other top riders in the Tour, Carlos Rodriquez and Thomas Pidcock of Ineos Grenadiers, with Jai Hendley (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Simon Yates (Jayco-Alula) all keeping a close eye on the leaders and their own aspirations for the podium in Paris.