He was nearly 40 minutes behind the leader in the general classification, and as such, would have finished last.
Despite this, he still won with an advantage of 17 minutes, and took the lead in the general classification.
His lead in the general classification was now almost 20 minutes.
They had moved into second and third place of the general classification.
He was now only 18 seconds down on the general classification.
It was still close in the top of the general classification.
The changes to the general classification was met with strong opposition from the start.
Apart from the stage, he also took over the first place in the general classification.
The rest of the stages did not cause big changes in the general classification.
The attack moved him up four places, from 17th to 13th, in the general classification.
