With Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) clearly on another planet, the battle for the final Tour de France podium place has begun in earnest in the Pyrenees.
Ineos Grenadiers, still rebuilding their Tour de France contender pool after dominating as Team Sky with Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas and lastly Egan Bernal, are currently not competitive against Vingegaard and Pogačar but are working to get there with Carlos Rodriguez and Tom Pidcock - while signing Remco Evenepoel is remote but, if feasible, a more immediate possibility.
