Dylan Teuns added to his Palmares, winning his second Tour de France stage. Like Mohorič, Teuns took his chance in the breakaway and attacked on Col de la Colombière before descending to the finish in Le Grand-Bornand to claim a consecutive victory for Bahrain Victorious.

Bahrain Victorious raced aggressively with Mohorič, Teuns and Poels, fighting to make the day’s breakaway from the off. Poels managed to go solo and gain an advantage of a minute to take the points in the mountain classification. Poels was caught by the rest of the break and managed to stay with Teuns to snatch more points on the rest of the climbs, moving into the polka-dot jersey and retaining it for the team.

Attacks started on the Col de Romme, with a group of 15 riders. Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) took advantage of over 30 seconds. But it was on the Col de la Colombière when Teuns launched his attack and bridged the gap. Teuns then dropped Woods soloing to the line at Le Grand-Bornand, claiming victory.

Dylan Teuns: “It’s incredible. I knew it was going to be very difficult today. I had goals, and I achieved them. It was not easy tactically. From the beginning, there was a lot of stress, nervousness. It was hard to have a group that stood out in front of it. Wout was chasing ahead for the jersey and was up there alone. It made it easier for me to follow the wheels and not force anything. On the final climb, I felt good and was able to drop Woods.

In the end, I heard Pogacar was coming back, and at the top, I heard it was just over a minute, and If I can make it to the top of the last climb with that advantage, it should be okay, and it was.

I dedicated the victory to my grandfather, who passed away just before the Tour, and I’m sure he would be proud of me.”

Wout Poels was also happy about retaining the jersey for the team: “I’m super happy. We raced aggressively from the beginning, and I tried to get away a few times. I managed to make a gap and secure points on the climb. When it was all back together, I was also able to accelerate to the top and take enough points to move into the jersey. It was the plan for me today, and I’m happy I executed it. Tomorrow is another day, and we will try to hold on to the jersey.”

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