On the other hand, it must be massively demoralizing to be condemned to only fight for second place in the general classification, with Maglia rosa
Tadej Pogacar who seemingly effortlessly won the latest mountain sprint at Prati di Tivo.
"Not a bad race so far then. One week down, and a long way to go... The boys have been on fire. Grand Tour number 20 and they definitely don’t get any easier. Pleasure to be battling at the sharp end of things. We’ll continue to give it everything," Thomas summed up in X post.