Greig Leach

The threesome of Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) Will Clarke (Cannondale-Drapac) and Jack Bauer (Quickstep) decided it was best to wait for the young Frenchman Jeremy Maison (FDJ) who was trying to bridge across to them. Deciding that four pairs of legs was better than three Bauer dropped back an actually helped pace Maison into the group As they arrived up to the other two Bauer reached back to welcome Maison into the fold and Maison tapped his thank yous onto Bauer's back (butt)