Ben TURNER. 10 and praise. Kwiatkowski opens the road for him, the British giant of Ineos (he's 194 centimeters tall) slams the door in everyone's face. Beautiful sprint, at high speed and with high technical content. He arrives to replace the injured Lucas Hamilton and while he's at it, he makes his move. For him, it's the third career victory, the second this season after the stage a few weeks ago at the Tour of Poland. For the British team, it's the 25th victory of the season. A full, clear, bright victory, also for co-sponsor TotalEnergie, entering France as the home team.

Jasper PHILIPSEN. 5.5. He helps me out directly. He says with great honesty: I was lacking legs. Perhaps he suffered excessively from the mountains in the first part, then brilliantly piloted by Planckaert, he lacks the strength to start, to open the gas, also because perhaps his muscles are excessively intoxicated.

Edward PLANCKAERT. 8. The 30-year-old from Alpecin Deceunick has an excellent pedal stroke, perhaps he would have that little something extra to try to hit the full target, but with hindsight, everything is easier.

Ethan VERNON. 7. Tries to insert himself in the middle of that chaos, and manages to do so, bringing home an excellent fourth place.

Jenthe BIERMANS. 6.5. He's not a young boy, since he's 29 years old, but he moves in there as if he were. A top-ten placement is not a given.

Mads PEDERSEN. 6. At one point he was even well-positioned, then loses contact with the best, comes back and medicates the sprint. From this day he keeps the green points classification jersey, also thanks to those collected at the intermediate sprint in Noyarey. Behind him in order: Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech), Jake Stewart (Israel-Premier Tech), Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ).

David GAUDU. 7. Arrives 25th, while Vingegaard lets him pass 41st. Thanks to the better placement, the Frenchman dresses in red in French territory. Everything perfect.

Nicolò BURATTI. 7. The 24-year-old from Team Bahrain finishes 10th. A small placement to tickle his ambitions. The Friulian is at his first grand tour, and this is a small step to continue his journey.

Sepp KUSS. 6.5. Kangaroo prize of the day: jumps three positions, now he's 9th in the general classification.

Mario APARICIO. 7. The 25-year-old Spanish rider from Burgos-Burpellet-BH, 91 kilometers from the finish, remains alone. His adventure companions are reabsorbed by the group, Aparicio disappears after two kilometers.

Sean QUINN. 7. The EF Education-EasyPost rider goes away with Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step), Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Kamiel Bonneu (Intermarchè-Wanty) and Mario Aparicio (Burgos Burpellet BH). This is the day's breakaway. This is the basic quintet that animates the last "Italian" stage.

Joel NICOLAU. 7. The 27-year-old Spaniard snatches the blue polka dot jersey from Quinn by 2 points.

Juan AYUSO. 6.5. The young rider's jersey is still on his shoulders, he's 10th overall at just 16" from the "roja".

Paul OURSELIN. 6. The Cofidis rider starts at the go with Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) and Pierre Thierry (Arkéa - B&B Hotels). It's the first breakaway of the day, which begins after two hundred meters from the start and fades after three hundred.

Carlos GARCIA PIERNA. 17. The Burgos-Burpellet-BH rider who yesterday arrived in Ceres in last position with over 26 minutes behind, stops and goes home. End of agony. Valentin Paret-Peintre was also not doing well: the French rider from Soudal Quick-Step is forced to withdraw.