With 155 kilometres, the queen stage was relatively short but tough. The devil was in the tail with the arrival on top of the Col de Turini, a fifteen-kilometre climb at a good seven percent. A few kilometers before the finish, Roglic himself took control. With a double acceleration, he got rid of almost everyone. Only three riders could follow the fast pace. After having countered several minor attacks, he started his sprint for victory at two hundred metres before the finish.

“It was a fast race from the beginning, but I felt good”, Roglic stated. “I was always able to follow and keep control during the attacks by Yates and Quintana, among others. So yes, everything went as hoped. Tomorrow is the decisive day and I’m ready.”

Roglic has a 39-second lead over Simon Yates in the general classification. Wout van Aert will once again start in the green jersey. He has a fifteen-points advantage over first pursuer Mads Pedersen.