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.

Lease a Bike, the Tour de France ended on a high note on Sunday. At the last possible moment, the Dutch team managed to shake off the yellow jersey wearer Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates-XRG), although it was Wout van Aert who did it on Montmartre.