Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 A few attacks coming off the group of escapees. Golas has made a bid for glory but FDJ continue to set a steady pace to bring him back.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 There are 13 seconds between Golas and the second group on the road, while the peloton are still 5:28 behind.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 In the peloton it is now Luke Rowe who is taking the peloton down this descent. This is Rowe's debut at the Tour.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 21 Kms to go The maillot jaune about 5'41 behind the breakaway
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Castroviejo is finding it difficult to keep in touch with the escape group on this descent and he's having to chase hard just to stay on.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 So far we haven't seen any of the expected rain. It's still hot out there, as it has been for the past week. The heat is really taking its toll on the riders with many unable to sleep properly. It was already going to be a hard night for Jean Christophe Peraud but to add insult to injury he had no air conditioning in his hotel last night. He's still in this peloton though, fighting on.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Kristijan Koren tries to chase down Golas on his own. He's brought back by Pinot and Bakelants and the injection in pace splits up the group.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 The main escape group is back together but Golas is still out there with a 25 second gap.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 There are still two climbs to negotiate before the finish in Mende so it will be hard for Golas to hold the chasers off.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Between the break and the peloton the gap is 5:46 with Sky still on the front of the bunch. Aside from some early work from IAM Cycling, Team Sky have been on the front from near enough the start.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Koren has another go off the front and the others are slower to react this time. They're riding through Barjac at the moment
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Richie Porte doing bidon ferrying duty and he gets a little shove from Mark Cavendish to help him back into the peloton. Normally riders can't take on bidons inside 20km to go but with it being so hot they have disregarded the rules today.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Porte doesn't actually make it to the front with the bottles though as he suffers a puncture. He's going to have a hard job getting back on with that delay and his teammates are going to be going thirsty.
Eugene Oppelt Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Simon Yates lying in wait behind the FDJ train in the escape group. This is his second Tour after making his debut last year. He's got a good punchy finish, what can he do today?
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