Greig Leach

Unlike the first obvious sprint stage, today three guys went out in the early break away, despite just how big their odds of success were. It was Andrey Amador (EF Education-EasyPost) was the one to get the effort started. He was joined by Matis Louvel (Arkea-Samsic), currently on the front and Daniel Oss (TotalEnergies). It stuck me as a little odd that Oss was out in a break, he is Peter Sagan's lead out man. I would think he would stay with his team leader in hopes of getting Sagan a stage win in his final Tour de France. With 130 kilometers to race, the peloton had yet to let them get more than two minutes ahead, so it is just shy of a zero chance that they will contest for stage honors.