Greig Leach

I should explain the title of this piece. All three of these guys have a story of recovery. For the Maillot Jaune of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has recovered from the disappointment of coming in second place in the last two Tours de France to come and stamp his authority on this Tour. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) is coming back from a life-threatening crash just three months ago. In fact, this Tour is the first time he has been in a race since that awful day. Additionally, he had a horrible day losing time, and collapsing in tears into the arms of his partner at the end of Stage 19. Today he bounced back able to attack on the final climb. And finally, Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) crashed out of stage one of the 2023 Tour. While he did wear the third Maillot Jaune in this Tour, he suffered in the first day in the Alps, losing the jersey and any real chance of ever getting it back. He was weak through most of the second week of the Tour but came back strong. He won his first stage of the Tour in the high mountains and has now won the Maillot a Pois. Up until the two leaders came up from behind, it was looking like he might win this stage as well. With just two kilometers to race it was still anyone of these three guys' stage.