Remco Evenepoel is dropped more than 50 kilometers from the finish in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France

Visma | Lease a Bike put the pressure on from the foot of the Soulor, which immediately claimed victims in the scorching heat of the Pyrenees. Evenepoel was the first big name in the peloton to be dropped, at a point when there were still around thirty riders in the group of favorites.

His domestique Valentin Paret-Peintre had already been dropped at that point, while Ilan Van Wilder was still trying to do what he could for his leader. Evenepoel lost ground fairly quickly and rode up at his own pace, but he even struggled to keep up with his domestique.