The Italian climber in the Tour can win uphill, you don’t look at the final placement
On a spectacular day in the Tour de France, the first in the Pyrenees, Giulio Ciccone was very good. And he rode really well. I heard there were discussions about tactics late in the race, whether or not he should help chase Jai Hindley hurtling to victory. My answer is no, it wasn’t his turn. Besides Giulio, the group included Vingegaard, Buchmann and Gall. The latter had already brought home the points to wear the mountain jersey, the German obviously couldn’t collaborate because he was Hindley’s teammate. And Vingegaard was dueling remotely with Pogacar, with the mission of gaining as many seconds as possible: therefore the task of pushing was the Dane’s, he had to make do.