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4.01pm BST
Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) speaks to Eurosport: “It was a very hard battle to get clear from the bunch, I think we had to pull one hour, full gas, with that group until the bunch popped ... and the heat, at the end of the Tour - it was pretty hard.
“I really don’t understand how they cannot send the motos with the bidons [drinks] there ... I was asking for it with more than 20km to go, they just didn’t come - in heat like this it’s not so funny. In the end I think we were all quite on the limit ... there were attacks going all the way behind Mohoric ... he was pretty strong to stay out front there with a headwind like that.
3.56pm BST
That was shaping up to be a fascinating stage finish, with loads of riders in the mix for the win. Mohoric’s ride was brilliant, but it wasn’t the most exciting climax.
A strange Tour de France for breakaways: next to no tactical suspense in the denouements, made for long-range attackers. Alaphilippe, Teuns, O'Connor, Mollema, Konrad, Mohoric x2
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