Greig Leach

The race organizers decided they should give the sprinters a break and put the intermediate sprint before the peloton hit the big climbs of the day. With an eight man break up the road, the battle for the Maillot Vert, was vying for just a one point differential between placings. It looked like Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) was going to pull back more points in the competition, but then it was Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick Step) getting the best of the rest, with his teammate Michael Morkov getting across the line ahead of Sagan yet again. Deceuninck-Quick Step had yet another teammate, the Danish Champion, Kasper Asgreen on Sagan's wheel as well.