Greig Leach

Over 65 kilometers into a hilly stage and no one has yet been able to escape the clutches of the peloton. Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) looks back to find he has Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) on his wheel. Behind him, are riders from Lotto-Dstny and Arkea-Samsic creating stepping stones back to the peloton. Each time someone would attack like Burgaudeau others would think this was going to be the move. As they tried to bridge up to the newest escapee, they would pull the peloton along thus nullifying the attack. This happen over, and over, and over again making this a very hard stage.