First, Brandon McNulty abandoned, 24km from the finish of stage 18. He couldn’t continue anymore.
An hour later, Tadej Pogačar, dressed in his yellow jersey but curiously in black shorts (you can join the dots), crossed the line in the GC group, flanked by Isaac Del Toro. UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s main men were fine. But for the first time all Tour de France, they had no support around them.
