The Tour de France's Most Important Stage Arrives, as Every Team Leader Goes on the Attack!

"Fuck, Pogačar was way too strong, wasn't he?!"

"Unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable!! With strength like that, you can't help but respect him!!!"

"Huang Chong had worn the GC Yellow Jersey for twelve days since the end of Stage 2, and he'd only opened up an eleven-second gap over his rivals in total. But when the first summit-finish stage arrived, Pogačar overtook him by forty-five seconds. I honestly don't even know what to say."

"This just shows that Huang Chong still had quite a gap to the number one road cyclist when it came to real high-mountain stages with long, steep climbs!"

"Judging from today's result, this was a complete replay of Liège–Bastogne–Liège!!"

"Huang Chong basically had no hope of winning this Tour de France anymore. Now it all depended on whether he could hold on to second overall!!!"

"In my opinion, even second overall was in danger. Huang Chong not only lost the Yellow Jersey today, but he was also overtaken by Vingegaard by thirteen seconds at the finish. His advantage was down to barely half a minute now!"

"Exactly. Especially since all the remaining mountain stages were summit finishes. Vingegaard was clearly stronger than Huang Chong on climbs. Even if he only gained ten seconds in every summit-finish stage, a thirty-second lead wouldn't be enough for Huang Chong!"

"The worst part was that Stage 21, the final stage of this year's Tour de France, wouldn't be a Champs-Élysées sprint like in previous years. It would be a climbing ITT. Huang Chong couldn't possibly beat Vingegaard in a climbing ITT!"

"That said, Huang Chong had joined the UCI WorldTour for the first time this year and was already stronger than Evenepoel in the Tour de France. Having a chance to win the White Jersey for best young rider and finish on