Healy's Cannondale Lab71 SuperSix Evo was transported in a Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet from the company's European office in the Netherlands to the South of France, ensuring it arrived in time for assembly and for him to defend the jersey in Toulouse.

Ben Healy and his EF Education-EasyPost team spent the rest day in Toulouse basking in the bright light and happiness that the Tour de France leader's jersey brings, thinking about how they can keep it as long as possible as the race heads into the Pyrenees.