'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Behind De Gendt is a run of Tinkoff Saxo riders and then BMC. Team Sky are taking a backseat at the moment.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Froome has his team around him, and he's currently in conversation with Richie Porte. A little further back we see Nibali and Rodriguez, both of whom could feature in the finale today.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 LottoNL have also placed a man on the front and he's talking to De Gent about the current pace at the head of the peloton. Meanwhile Sagan, another candidate for the finish today, is at the back of the peloton. He could take the Green Jersey at the end of today's stage.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Orica GreenEDge could also try something today but a lot depends on the health of Michael Matthews who is stil recovering from an earlier crash in the race. They only have 6 men left in the Tour so it's survival mode for tomorrow's TTT.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 De Gendt is stil ploughing along, it's almost like a long team time trial for him but he's holding the break at 2;58
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 The peloton pass through the village of Broons with the gap to the break moving out towards the four minute mark. The leaders take a quick comfort break and then get back to work.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Back in the bunch and Team Sky continue to sit back and let others do the work. They dont mind if the break survives today and simply want to keep Froome out of trouble and save as much energy as possible ahead of tomorrow's TTT. They were poor in the event at the Dauphine last month but this is the one that really counts.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 No change at the front of the bunch with De Gendt still on the front. Astana, BMC and Movistar are all near the front and looking after their team leaders. The gap is at 3'04 with 106km to go.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Three TInkoff riders sit just behind De Gendt but both Contador and Sagan are further back in the main field. The bunch have the break well and truly under control at this point in the race.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 De Gendt finally has some support with a few more Lotto Soudal riders joining him on the front of the peloton.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Greipel is near the front as well. He'll aim to takes points at the intermediate and then work for Tony Gallopin later in the stage.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Into the final 100km of racing and the gap moves down to 2'10. Froome takes a drink and just sits on Luke Rowe's wheel. The yellow jersey has had a relatively comfortable day so far.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 And Sagan is starting to move us as well with the intermediate sprint coming in around 20km from now.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Etixx, they've also moved up and sit just behind Lotto Soudal.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 At the back of the field Alberto Contador is being brought back after a quick trip back to his Tinkoff Saxo team car.
'Dale Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 It's still De Gendt on the front as Sagan and Cavendish have a quick catch up as they ride side-by-side.
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