Heading into the finale, Formolo was part of a five-man lead group alongside
Victor Lafay,
Warren Barguil,
Chris Harper and Formolo's UAE Team Emirates teammate,
Marc Hirschi. With UAE having the numbers advantage, Hirschi and Formolo were able to play the right cards and ensure victory came home with the team.
"When Hirschi joined us, I focused my action on keeping a high pace in order to advantage Marc for an eventual sprint," Formolo explains. "We noticed that the opponents were controlling him, so we decided to try to exploit my freedom: I attacked on the last hill and this was the winning action.”