Grand Colombier (France), (EFE) Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, third of the day.
The winner of the last edition once again lost the wheel of his great rival, who made a hard attack in the last kilometer and entered with a four-second advantage, to which he added four bonus seconds.
Pogacar’s brutal attack in the last kilometer, the toughest climb up the Grand Colombier, destroyed the peloton of favorites and was also felt in the legs of the yellow jersey and defending champion.
The Australian Jai Hindley lost 15 seconds with Pogacar and is still third, although he extended his lead with respect to the fourth, the Spanish Carlos Rodríguez, who gave up 17 seconds with the Australian.
The Ineos cyclist from Granada now has a 1.57 disadvantage with respect to Hindley and is close on his heels by the British twins Adam and Simon Yates. The first, who entered two seconds before Rodríguez, is 15 seconds behind the Spaniard and the second, who led him by six seconds at the finish line, is now 16 seconds behind.
Oblivious to the fight for the general classification, Kwiatkwoski, a teammate of Carlos Rodríguez, turned into a luxury gregarious in recent times, signed a successful victory in one of the mythical peaks of the Tour.
His first victory was achieved at La Roche sur Foron, where he crossed the finish line at the hands of his then leader, the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz.