Tadej Pogačar, the winner, comes in and sees that he is still third in the queue for his moment. He huffs and puffs and waves his arms in frustration, enough to get him bumped up to next in line, despite the fact that Lipowitz has already been waiting.

The roads were dangerously slippery after heavy rain.

Pogacar also secured the polka-dot jersey for the mountains classification, underlining his all-round dominance, while Italy's Jonathan Milan clinched the green jersey for the points competition.