Kragh Andersen was not alone in trying to pull away from the crowd during the final mile, but he was the only one who succeeded.

When he crossed the finish line, he was finally 15 seconds ahead of the hunters and thus took Denmark's 20th stage victory in the cycling classic.

- I have dreamed about this, but it is far from there to show that you are good enough to cope with it.

In the summary, there were no major changes and the Slovenian Primoz Roglic retains the yellow leader jersey.