Greig Leach

Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) had lost his lead in the King of the Mountains competition yesterday, mainly because after mutliple attempts to be in the successful break away, he missed the one that went. Today, he missed the one that stuck again, but was able to bridge up to the original fifteen escapees with four other riders. Once in the group, he went right on the offensive on the first Cat 3 climb of the day. Today he had his rookie in the tour teammate, James Shaw, to help him get to the summit of the Cote de Capvern first. It helped that Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step) and Asgreen's teammate, Julian Alaphilippe had other objectives for the stage. So over he went this climb first, but that won't be enough to regain the Maillot a Pois.