And on the Ventoux phase, Jumbo-Visma rider Wout van Aerts solo flight to victory saw him get adequate points to move into contention, though Poels has worn the jersey since that day.All 4 scored points on the big stage to Andorra, and so as the peloton contemplated todays huge day, crossing the Col de Peyresourde and Col de Val Louron-Azet and ending up atop the Col du Portet, Poels led on 74 points, with Woods second on 66, and Quintana and Van Aert connected on 64. He scored no points on the very first climb of the day and one on the second, by claiming and winning the phase 40 points at the top, he is in second place in the competition. In the less likely situation that a break not including any of the mountains category participants stays away and takes all the points, Poels is the favourite to win.So far, Poels has actually scored points on 15 climbs up, consisting of 9 classification 1 or HC-ranked ascents.

And on the Ventoux phase, Jumbo-Visma rider Wout van Aerts solo ride to triumph saw him acquire enough points to move into contention, though Poels has actually used the jersey since that day.All four scored points on the huge phase to Andorra, and so as the peloton considered todays huge day, crossing the Col de Peyresourde and Col de Val Louron-Azet and completing atop the Col du Portet, Poels led on 74 points, with Woods second on 66, and Quintana and Van Aert tied on 64. He scored no points on the very first climb of the day and one on the second, by claiming and winning the phase 40 points at the summit, he is in 2nd location in the competition. He scored a single point for being in second location on the Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne on stage 2, and 8 points for going over the Col de la Colombière in 2nd location. In the less most likely scenario that a break not including any of the mountains category contestants stays away and takes all the points, Poels is the preferred to win.So far, Poels has actually scored points on 15 climbs up, consisting of 9 category 1 or HC-ranked ascents. They also generally double the number of points on huge climbs that come either as a summit surface, or at least extremely late in the day, in order that it is the GC riders who can object to the points.However, there is a happy medium in between the 2 extremes, and the Tour organisers may have altered the points system too far in the favour of the GC riders.