Greig Leach

The final climb of the day included an eight second time bonus for the first one over the top. Plus it was pretty much a downhill run to the finish line 16 kilometers later in Saint Sebastien. Never one to miss an opportunity, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), in his requiste Maillot Blanc, kept his head on a swivel checking out who was where. He had his primary rival of the Tour, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) right in front of him, but needed to keep taps on Vingegaard's teammate, Wout Van Aert and the ever aggressive, Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step). He must have felt the Frenchman on his shoulder since he snapped his head in his direction as soon as the leader of Soudal-Quick Step moved up beside him. However, to gain those bonus seconds they all still needed to pull back just over a minute on the lone fiugre in the Maillot a Pois.