Greig Leach

With the duo still almost three minutes ahead, the peloton was flying along as each team worked to put their man in the best possible position for the first Haute Catagorie climb of the Tour. The big names of the race had all marked this climb up the Col de Soudet as were they wanted to take time out of the race leader, Chris Froome (Team Sky). It was going to be a tall order to put time into the Kenyan born climber wearing the Maillot Jaune, but it had to be attempted. As they hit the bottom of the climb, Movistar, Cannondale Garmin and Tinkoff Saxo were the teams on the front putting in a hard pace to soften up their rivals.