Thymen Arensman stormed to second place on the first mountain day on the 10th stage of the Tour de France.
A ride worthy of Bastille Day, Arensman fought in the break all day before storming up the final climb to take second, nine seconds behind winner Simon Yates (Team Visma Lease A Bike).
With 137km remaining, Arensman bridged over to the break, having tackled the first of the eight categorised climbs on the stage.
On the Cote de Charade, Arensman hit the front to up the pace in a bid to force a selection from the 29-man group. As the pace continued to increase, with Ben Healy (EF Education - EasyPost) launching a stinging attack with 45km to go in a bid to claim the yellow jersey, the front group was whittled down to five riders.
Yates was the first to launch an attack up the final climb of the day, with Ben O’Connor (Team Jayco Alula) following. Arensman reacted, pushing hard to overtake O’Connor and taking it all the way to the line to secure second place. Third place for Healy was enough to see him move into the yellow jersey.
Carlos Rodriguez finished with the peloton to move up three places on the GC into 12th.