Baptiste Veistroffer made fans all over the world when he went on the attack, over and over, on the Tour de France flat stages, ignoring the fact that he had little chance of victory.

The Lotto-Intermarché rider attacked alone from the gun on stage 5 and attacked again during stage 7 with another rider joining him out front. Afterwards, he was awarded a second combativity award, spending time in the podium area with Tadej Pogačar and fellow Breton Bernard Hinault.