Yeah…and when he was in the break with Wellens (who had the polka dot jersey) before TDG would sprint for the mountains points while Wellens sat on. As soon as nobody sprinted with TDG, he took off.
So in stage 8 every time TDG would sprint for the mountains points everybody also would sprint because they were afraid he would take off if they didn’t follow. So every KOM point Terpstra and King are just getting crushed on an up hill sprint. I bet Ben was shattered after that stage.
But anyhow it didn’t matter…eventually Terpstra and King couldn’t follow & sure enough, TDG took off with De Marchi in tow.
But the most amazing thing was the last few kilometers when Alaphillipe and Pinot…two guys who had ostensibly been sitting in the peloton all day…who were supremely motivated…couldn’t close even a few seconds on TDG even on a climb. What a monster.