Greig Leach

It falls to Mitchelton-Scott to lead the chase by the peloton. After their succes in stage 6 claiming the stage, the Maglia Rosa and the Maglia Azzurro, they are honor bound to chase down the break away. And that job through the flat sections of today's stage fell to Svein Tuft and Sam Bewley. The other teams were happy to let them do the work since Tuft was pulling the seven escapees back second by second. And it falls to the crowds to cheer their efforts on.