Tadej Pogačar rode to the UAE Team Emirates-XRG team bus beyond the finish line, unsure if he had kept or lost the Tour de France leader's yellow jersey but convinced that Visma-Lease a Bike had tried to keep him in yellow and play tactical mind games yet again.
Pogačar and his teammates were happy to let Mathieu van der Poel (Alepcin-Deceuninck) go in the breakaway, and so happy when it was confirmed that the Dutchman had taken the yellow jersey by one second. Pogačar's defensive racing ensured he also lost the green points jersey to Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and the polka-dot mountains jersey to teammate Tim Wellens.
