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The Next to Go TdF26-88
With the peloton out of the equation, the breakaway set about trying to shed the dead weight on the climb of the Ballon d'Alsace. After multiple attacks, each counter by another, all of the sprinters and many of the domestiques were already off the back. As they neared the summit, Luke Plapp (Jayco-Alula) was the next to have a go. He got clear of Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) whom no one else seemed willing to help in the chase. Pidcock was marked by Kevin Vauquelin (Netcompany-Ineso), Maim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), and the other four guys left off the front of the splintering breakaway.