The three-way battle that some people were expecting to develop between Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard at the European Championships ended before it could even start, as the Dane got dropped with 109km to go in the elite men's road race.
Vingegaard was the biggest unknown from the so-called 'Big Three' when it came to one-day racing, but it quickly became clear that the Vuelta a España champion was feeling the effects of his long, busy season.
