One of the rare, GT stages that was entertaining throughout its entirety. Bora riding as if it was the last 40 kms of PR at the beginning, creating interest as to whether the sprinters could get back on. Then, just as that storyline seemed to have played out, TDG begins his chapter. Now, if it was just some rider hovering at half a minute ahead of the peloton with 40-90 kms to go, we wouldn't have battered an eyelid; but this is TDG we are talking about. And if Mother Nature hadn't played her part, he would have stood some chance of actually winning the stage. But with Her having Her say, it was up to everyone's favourite team Inneos
, to take the bull by the horns. And it was Kwiatkowski - who it almost always seems to be - doing the damage. What a rider. Even if he caused two of my favourite riders to inevitably lose time, I could never hate that guy. And so part three played out; what would be the time difference? Not as much as it looked like at one point, but still significant. And then there was the sprint, which was a little unpredictable also.