Greig Leach

I had watched the leader pull off the front of the peloton for what appeared to be a “nature break.” Moments later I noticed Isaac Del Toro’s (UAE Team Emirates) teammate, Antonio Morgado pulled off to wait for the Ochre Jersey that demarks the leader of the Tour Down Under. Morgado suddenly zoomed back into frame with Del Toro tucked on to his wheel as the camera filmed the tail end of the peloton. Piet Allegaert (Cofidis) - who had crashed earlier - was struggling to hold onto the wheel of Baumé Mollema (Lidl-Trek). Max Kanter (Astana-Qazaqstan) was another that was finding the pace of the peloton just a bit to fast for their liking. Perhaps they were just trying to do as little as possible to be fresh for the two final tough days of the Tour.