I won't lie, I missed most of today's stage. HOWEVER, I had good reason. You know the independent quarterly I've hollered about a few times in this newsletter? WE'RE FUNDED YOU GUYS. If you donated, I can't thank you enough. You're going to get a killer zine. If you haven't pre-ordered, you can click here and name your own price above $1 to pre-order our first issue.

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Anyway, I think this is the gist of the first 120 kilometers: Remi Cavagna went on a breakaway and the peloton was happy to let him have his fun.

I started paying proper attention at the intermediate sprint with fewer than 50 kilometers to go, which was apparently perfect timing. Soren Kragh Andersen would ultimately win the stage, solidifying Sunweb as the darlings of this year's Tour, but before that moment there was about an hour and a half of tactical positioning and attacks that felt more like the proceedings of a Classics race, not a late-Tour stage just ahead of a time trial.