Dauphiné revelation Baudin learned a lesson from Van der Poel at the Tour de France: 'Given how that ended'

Let’s go back to last Friday first, when a challenging stage between the start in Malemort and the finish in Ussel was on the schedule for Day 9 of the Tour de France. A strong group, including Van der Poel, broke away, but UAE didn’t let them get far. In the end, the four remaining escapees barely made it. Van der Poel won; Baudin was beaten in the sprint and finished fourth.

That was the best result so far for the Frenchman from EF Education-EasyPost, whom we had already seen attacking earlier in this Tour and, as a result, wearing the polka-dot jersey. Baudin was the big surprise at the Dauphiné in June, where he won the opening stage and thus wore the yellow jersey for five days.