Greig Leach

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) may not have been the first over the top of the Col du Tourmalet, but he was the first back down the other side. As he flew the town, he showed just how far he was willing to lean his bike over to carry maximum speed through the corners. That might just be why he was the first one off the mountain. Gaudu was hoping to have a big enough gap from the chasing peloton to stay away on the climb up the Luz Ardiden. He wasn caught on the final climb yesterday so he was hoping to do a bit better today