Greig Leach

Once Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) had gone through the intermediate sprint on the Col d'Eze, thus winning the final Maillot Vert, he then collaborated with Magnus Sheffield (Ineos-Grenadiers) on the way into the finale in Nice. The two were hoping to vie for stage honors in another thirteen kilometers whilst holding off a chasing Matteo Jorgenson. It worked out that Sheffield dropped the spent Pedersen shortly after this moment. It is perhaps what Pedersen was telling the American on the British team. I don't have much left; but I'll give you one more pull before I pull the plug. Pedersen was the twentieth guy to come across the line, but no matter he had kept the green points jersey. Whereas Sheffield went on to take the stage by twenty-nine seconds over Jorgenson, finally giving his team the stage win they had hoped for all week long. Sheffield moved himself into fourth overall, just behind his teammate (and team leader) Thymen Arensman. Again, there just wasn't a good enough image of Sheffield winning along the marina on the Boulevard des Anglais, so this will have to function as his winning painting.