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Having Held On TDF21-49
Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Victorious) had dropped Michael Woods (Israel Start Up Nation) with a daredevil descent down the Col de la Colombiere. He pushed on his advantage despite the wet and rainy roads knowing that a stage victory in the Tour de France was the reward for the effort. As I learned in the post race interview, Teuns' grandfather had died just before the start of the Tour. Teuns left to start the Tour the day after the funneral. When asked about the this salute has he won the Tour he broke down in tears talking about what this win meant to him and would have meant to his grandfather. Thus Teuns continued what Phil Liggett has been calling the Tour de Tears.