Lease a Bike may have hoped for more, but after the last stage in Paris, the Dane finished second on the grand podium. The Dutch team won a stage on day 10 with Simon Yates, and Wout van Aert triumphed on the Champs-Élysées on day 21.

Van Aert had previously vowed to keep his infant son away from the public eye, but now, with family time at an even greater premium than before, he carried Georges in his arms on the podium.