Once Honore attacked however, the stage ignited into chaos. With Pogacar and Thomas in his wheels, the superstar duo even started doing turns. Sadly for the
EF Education-EasyPost man however, so powerful was the Maglia Rosa, Honore was soon paying for his acceleration and dropped from the attacking group. “I did a long attack and was on the limit obviously, 'G' passed first and then Tadej and you hear ‘klack klack’ - two gears up - then it was just a super hard acceleration and hard to follow," he admits. “If we went three guys and rode around, you never know what could have happened in the end.”
Nevertheless, Honore is full of praise for Pogacar. “It’s incredible, I just spoke with 'G' about it. It’s an honour, it’s incredible to race against a guy like that," the Dane concludes. "I think first of all, he is a super nice guy and he’s just a little kid having fun on the bike and it’s nice to be racing with someone like that.”