Bastien TRONCHON. 10 with honors. The 24-year-old Frenchman from Groupama FDJ wins decisively, with lucid determination. He makes his move and goes. First victory of the season, the third of his career. In short, he's not what you'd call a "sharpshooter," but the way he wins today makes him look like one.

Magnus CORT. 5.5. Given how he arrives at the finish, he has everything to put everyone behind him, instead it's him who has to watch Bastien's back.

Thibau NYS. 6. The 23-year-old Belgian from Lild-Trek finds an opening, but remains bottled up nonetheless.

Wout VAN AERT. 5.5. He's there, he has the opportunity to launch his sprint, not the one for Bennan, but his isn't exactly textbook. He consoles himself by pocketing more heavy points for the green jersey, increasingly resting on his shoulders.

Alessandro ROMELE. 6.5. By now he's no longer a novelty, but a constant: he's there. He has the intelligence to find spaces, to defend them, to find openings and ways out. He's a debutant, but he learns quickly.

Mads PEDERSEN. 5. The Dane too can ultimately feel... a bit worn out. He's used to racing at full throttle, always and in any case, but today on a stage that on paper could have smiled on him, he shows signs of previous efforts, those from the Tour. It makes sense.

Enzo PALENI. 7. The Groupama-FDJ United rider takes away the day's breakaway and with him go Michael Gogl (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Jasha Sütterlin (Jayco AlUla), Fabian Weiss (Tudor), Sinquhé Fernandez (Burgos Burpellet BH), Ivan Cobo (Equipo Kern Pharma) and Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X Mobility). This is the key move, on a draining and demanding course. In the finale, heavyweight riders come to contest the sprint.