Greig Leach

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) may have left the favorites, but Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) wasn’t having it. He attacked at about two kilometers to go, leaving everyone behind and quickly catching the Frenchman. Gaudu held onto the Slovenian’s wheel until the final 200 meters, but just didn’t have the legs to stay with the soon to be crowned Maillot Jaune. I avoided the chance to entitled the painting, “The Stage and the Jersey,” but I imagine I have painted him with that title far too many times. He may have started the day without the Maillot Blanc, but he will now have a matched set of white and yellow.