The UAE Team Emirates-XRG riders were all tired beyond the finish line of Tour de France's stage 6 to Gavarnie-Gèdre but satisfied after executing their race strategy to perfection, with Tadej Pogačar winning alone and opening a 2:42 lead on Jonas Vingegaard.
There had been some pre-Tour debate about who had the strongest team, but UAE outperformed Vingegaard and his Visma-Lease a Bike team, confirming their super-team status with outstanding outputs from all seven riders riding for Pogačar.
