> Then, according to Dumoulin, things went tactically wrong again on the final climb of the Col de la Loze. “They started riding with Simon Yates and Sepp Kuss at the front of the favorites group, but for what? Not for the stage, because he was long gone. But also not with a rush to prepare for an attack from Vingegaard, so you can't blame yourself. They simply didn't play it all or nothing. They rode leisurely up the climb, and UAE was even able to take over.”

> “When you start the stage with such strong words and you ride a final climb at a pace slower than the leader, you can't say it was all or nothing. Even if the chance was very small,” concludes the former Tour runner-up. “Perhaps we have to conclude that Vingegaard didn't have the legs. Especially when you see that small attack just before the finish, there wasn't much to it.”

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