Greig Leach

After his team had chased all day, the peloton seemed to let German Tivani (Aviludo-Louletano-Loule) take the maximum points over the last climb of the day, the Faz Fato. Both EF Education-EasyPost and Ineos-Grenadiers were massed at the front just in case there was a move over the top. It was just another twenty kilometers until the bonus sprint and neither team wanted to be caught napping on what should prove to be a sprint stage finale.