Greig Leach

Sometimes the best way to defend oneself from attacks is to launch one yourself (this does not apply to current tensions in eastern Europe). That is exactly what Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) did. He went hard with a couple of hundred meters left to race opening up space between himself an his rivals. Daniel Felipe Martinez (Ineos-Grenadiers) was able to stay on his wheel, but unable to come around the Maillot Jaune. Martinez's ride moved him in to third overall. He is now just thirteen seconds behind Simon Yates (BikeExhange-Jayco) who was third on the stage, but sits in second in the general classification. Yet, with the time bonus for winning the stage and the small gaps, Roglic stretched his leaded out to 47 seconds and one minute respectively. All Roglic has to do is not crash out tomorrow like he did in the Dauphine last year while in Yellow.