Greig Leach

Once the early breakaway was back in the peloton, there were attacks caught and gone again over and over. None were able to stay away since the sprinters had decided this was another day for them to shine. After all, they had put a lot of effort into still being there after three climbs of Mengler Hill. Ide Schelling (XDS-Astana) started this move. He was joined by Pablo Torres (UAE Team Emirates), Bjorn Koerdt (Picnic-PostNL) and Alastair Mackeller (EF Education-EasyPost). Unfortunately for the Dutch rider, the others were there to prevent him from getting away on behalf of the sprinters on their respective teams. Moments after I painted this, the peloton was back on their wheels.