“I collapsed from fatigue on arrival,” he said on Twitter. “I was very tired today and even threw up on the bike. Incidentally, I was able to submit a negative Covid test, performed by the ambulance, to the ASO.” All riders had to do the latter after the end of the stage.
In Sunday’s mountain stage, Vuillermoz crossed the line in one of the very last groups, 36 minutes behind stage winner Bob Jungels. This while Vuillermoz once finished thirteenth in the final standings. In 2015 he won another stage in the Tour de France.