Greig Leach

Perhaps Simon Geschke (Cofidis) had seen someone attack Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) when they weren't even in the Maillot Vert competition, or perhaps he was just making sure no one would challenge him. He may even have thought that Van Aert would exact a kind of revenge for the intermediate sprint by stealing points from Geschke. Watching it all was another of the young Amerians in this Tour, Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar). In the end, no one sprinted to the top, so Geschke added to his point total in the King of the Mountains competition. He has held the Maillot a Pois much longer than even he thought he would. With just two more days of big mountains (and big points) he has a chance to keep it all of the way to Paris.