In the 1964 Tour when Jacques Anquetil was dropped by Raymond Poulidor on the Puy de Dôme, when the future winner was told he’d held onto the leader’s jersey by 14 seconds, his famously succinct answer was ‘That’s 13 more than I needed.”
Fast forward more than half a century and on the same climb, race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) had a remarkably similar attitude to his having lost eight seconds to his arch-rival Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) on the Puy de Dôme, but retaining the overall lead by 17 seconds.
