It's him again, Vingegaard once more: after yesterday's success, the Dane wanted to claim the victory of the fifth stage at Colombier le Vieux today with margins worthy of an Alpine mountain stage: 2’02” over Paret-Peintre and 2’20” over Tejada.

«Yes, I really wanted to win, but the team wanted to win today too - explains a happy Vingegaard, 29 years old with 44 career victories -. We did extraordinary work and once again I want to thank my teammates very much. They deserve the champagne tonight».

Jonas attacked on the penultimate climb 20 km from the finish: «The breakaway had taken too big a lead. So all my teammates sacrificed themselves for me, it was fantastic, and I'm happy to repay them this way».

A special day for Vingegaard, because on the roads of today's stage he had crashed in 2025 and had to retire when he was second in the general classification: «Well, actually, it's funny that you mention it, because at one point I had the feeling that this looked like the road where I crashed last year, but I didn't know we would pass through there. But yes, it's nice to get revenge now and win here, on such a beautiful day. The weather was magnificent, it's a very beautiful area. It was a fantastic day for me and for the team».

Three days from the conclusion in Nice, Vingegaard leads the general classification with 3’22” over Colombian Dani Martinez (Red Bull) and 5’20” over German Georg Steinhauser (Ed). «Is the gap enormous? Yes, but it's certainly not over. There are still three stages left, in which many things can happen. We just need to maintain concentration until Nice».