1,280km in Tour de France breakaways: riders heap praise on 'strong' but 'strange' Thomas de Gendt

Thomas De Gendt was many of the Tour de France peloton's most impressive rider, but missed out on the overall combativity award

Thomas De Gendt in the breakaway at the Tour de France

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Thomas De Gendt may not have won the combativity award at the Tour de France - but his colleagues in the peloton have been impressed on a daily basis by the Belgian.

Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb), the winner of the mountains classification, won the combativity prize despite De Gendt spending the most kilometres in breakaways over the course of the three week race.

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