Yet again he had been distanced by top two GC favourites Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard - but yet again, all the way up to the day's summit finish, Evenepoel had never looked to be in trouble.
Evenepoel told Sporza...afterwards, I chose to go at my own pace and not risk going over the limit...Evenepoel finishing 2:51 down on Pogačar and 1:43 down on Vingegaard.
Evenepoel remained upbeat but cautious about his chances of staying on the provisional Tour de France podium, saying simply 'It's all about keeping your feet on the ground and keeping working.'
Soudal-QuickStep director Tom Steels added, 'Right now Remco is only losing to two former Tour de France winners in what is his first-ever Tour participation, so he's doing well.'
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