- 2020 winner comes fourth and displaces Mathieu van der Poel
- Geraint Thomas and Primoz Roglic definitively dropped
Tadej Pogacar, the defending champion, blew away his rivals on stage eight to assert himself as the clear favourite for final victory in Paris.
In a throwback to the grand exploits of Tour’s past, the Slovenian attacked en route from Oyonnax to Le Grand-Bornand and dropped his remaining general classification rivals more than 30km from the finish.
