I’m kinda glad to see Demi take a commanding lead, if only so we didn’t have to hear from Canyon-SRAM about it. The best rider and team won. (And I say that as a big fan of Kasia.)

That last stage looked absolutely brutal, you know it’s rough when you drop Marlen Reusser and ELB, and I feel particularly sorry for Reusser’s bad luck in that corner on the second-to-last circuit.

I still can’t get my head around the performance of Zoe Bäckstedt, crashing hard and then remounting and crushing that final circuit climb. Domestique performance of the Tour!

Do I wish that we had seen Paula Blasi unleashed this year? Yeah, I do, but we are going to see a lot more of her. And I am genuinely happy to see ELB on the podium.

Kudos to Puck Pieterse for the polka-dot jersey, although that meant that we didn’t see much of her in the final parts of the race. Her energy and enthusiasm is always delightful.

It has been a very entertaining race, with different rider characteristics shinning in different stages. Regarding only the GC, Reussler made a very good ITT, Kasia in the hardest mountain, and, meanwhile, Demi very close to them and taking her chances in more explosive climbs.

Great race to watch. Interesting tactics, hard racing and great winners!