Twenty minutes after Remco Evenepoel had scored one of his biggest ever victories, a mountain-top stage victory at the Tour de France, his Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe teammate Maxim Van Gils was in a state of part-disbelief and part-joy.
“We won! We won with Remco!” Van Gils screamed into the face of Tim van Dijke who smiled – he of course knew the good news – and the pair shared a warm embrace.