Soler of UAE Team.
Nicolas Prodhomme and Dorian Godon of Decathlon Team.
Darren Rafferty of EF Education Team.
Warren Barguil of Team DSM.
Koen Bouwman of Visma Team.
Guillaume Martin of Cofidis Team.
Davide Formolo of Movistar Team.
Mark Donovan of Q36.5 Team.
Kevin Geniets of FDJ Team.
And Mathijs Paasschens of Lotto Team.
Faced with such a massive breakaway lineup, the pressure on the peloton was undoubtedly immense.
It was essentially a small peloton.
If the time gap became too large, losing the stage win was a very real possibility.
Especially for Bora Team, they were determined to win the Queen Stage today to help Roglič lock down the overall title in advance, so the difficulty of controlling the race increased dramatically.
Huang Chong's task for this stage was, of course, to conserve his energy for the final HC Level climb.
To be honest, Aldag truly hadn't expected his abilities to improve by leaps and bounds to this extent.
