Some 600 metres after the Tour de France stage 13 finish line at Belfort in a quiet, tree-lined boulevard, a small pack of reporters waited for the Jayco-AlUla riders to reach their team bus and begin the celebratory round of interviews after a memorable victory by teammate Mauro Schmid.
The Swiss rider outduelled XRG-Astana's Harold Tejada after the team put four riders in the massive breakaway that took formed long before the main challenge of the day, the category 1 Ballon d'Alsace. And all of them played a part in Schmid's victory.