Until now, whenever there's been mountains or rolling terrain in the Tour de France, UAE Team Emirates have gone on the offensive, eager to give Tadej Pogačar the biggest possible lead in the yellow jersey.
And it's worked: at the race's second rest day, the Slovenian has an advantage of 3:09 to the defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, having already won three stages, the same number of stages that have been won by the breakaway.
