- It was a very important victory for me and I am so happy, it is still the Tour de France.
It has taken a long time to get to this stage victory and now maybe I can take another step.
I was far behind with a total of six minutes so it was a good situation for a breakout, says 27-year-old Lutsenko who was 55 seconds ahead of second place Jesus Herrada in Eurosport's broadcast.
Despite a tough finish, the total number of cyclists chose to watch each other in the large group, which at one point was 6.40 behind the breakaway group.
The group was barely three minutes behind in the finish.
Alaphilippe served a second
Julian Alaphilippe, who yesterday got rid of the yellow leader jersey because he drank too late, kicked and tried to get an extra second against the competitors (it must take at least a second between the riders for a new time to count).
It worked and Alaphilippe got the second he was looking for.
Now he is 15 seconds behind leader Adam Yates who retains the leader jersey in the close top battle.