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Going Off Script TdF22-125
Normally, on a flat stage no one would try to gain time on the race leader, but then Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) is certainly not a normal rider. Pogacar saw Max Schachmann (Bora-Hasgrohe) and Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech) winding up to attack the peloton in some minor crosswinds. He may have thought, "why not have a go?" I am sure neither Schachmann nor Houle were pleased to see the man in second over all going off the front with them. With the Maillot Blanc with them, there was no way the peloton was going to let this threesome go up the road. In fact it was Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) was the one who popped out of the peloton and brought them all back.