Greig Leach

Everyone, myself included, assume that if it came to a sprint, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) would have the better of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). Even as they came into the final meters, Pogacar had managed to put Vingegaard on the front (a disadvantage when it comes to a sprint finish). But once Vingegaard wound up his sprint the Maillot Jaune just wasn't able to get around the defending champion of the Tour. It came down to a perfect bike throw which netted Vingegaard an extra four bonus seconds at the line. That gave him two seconds back of his deficit in the race for victory in Nice. Behind Evenepoel got close enough to these two to stay in second overall, but his gap is now just eight seconds over Vingegaard. So, despite all of the excitement the top four places in this Tour remained unchanged. But the confidence of Vingegaard got a huge boost. Did the catch and the sprint eat into the psyche of Pogacar?