Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Another rider to look for today is Warren Barguil, of Giant-Alpecin. This is his homeland, and he will no doubt want to do his very best.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Off they go! And you will not be in the least surprised to learn that a Bretagne-Seche rider attacked from the get-go!
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 He is still in the lead, and three more riders have given chase. We don't have any names yet.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 All the attackers have been caught, and the field is together and moving quite fast.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Racing weather today? Couldn't be better: 22°C, sun and a light breeze.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 We now have Sylvain Chavanel (IAM) and Barz Huzarski (Bora) in the lead, 20 seconds ahead of Romain Sicard (Europcar) and Pierre-Luc Perichon (Bretagne-Seche), with the peloton 43 seconds behind them
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 The two lead groups have joined forces, giving us four riders up front. The peloton is at 2:15, so this may well be our group of the day.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Yes, the field is letting this group go. The gap is now 3:35.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Sky was leading the field, but as the gap started nudging the four-minute mark, Lotto-Soudal moved up to take over.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Astana and Movistar have now lined up behind Lotto-Soudal to help with the chase.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 There's a tailwind out there too at the moment and that's certainly going to help the break as they look to establish their lead over the peloton. The gap is currently at 3:35 after 27km of racing.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Lotto are on the front at the moment, looking to protect Greipel's sprint ambitions and Gallopin's prospects for the final climb - which suits him quite well.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Back to the break, and despite their best efforts the gap continues to come down. It's now at 2:19 after 46km of racing.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 The break have responded, and the bunch have eased slightly, it must be said, and the gap is moving back out to three minutes. We're still some way off the cat 4 climb and the intermediate sprint for today.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 So with a tad over 50km covered, the four man break have 2'56 over the peloton with a further 131km to go.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Lotto have one man on the front, De Gent, and he's charged with keeping the break at around the 2'40 mark.
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