The Dane quickly dropped Giulio Ciccone and gradually increased his lead over João Almeida and Thomas Pidcock. Vingegaard crossed the line solo, 24 seconds ahead of the duo. With that, the team leader made important gains in the overall standings. His deficit to red jersey wearer Træen is now down to just 37 seconds.
“I’m very happy with that”, Vingegaard says. “It wasn’t really our plan to attack, but I had very good legs today. When the team launched me, I was a bit surprised that the finish was still quite far away, but I had a gap, and then you just have to go all-in. Without the work of my teammates, this wouldn’t have been possible.”