Greig Leach

Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) had a rather rough second day in the Alps losing his hard won second place overall. Mollema missed a turn on the final descent of the day, and then when trying to make up the lost time, he went down on a corner. With the lost time from the incidents and the pain from the fall, he lost minutes on the others who had been behind him at the start of the day. Feeling better although still trying to make up lost time, he attacked on the soggy roads of the Col de Joux Plane. While the reflections on the water logged roads where rather pretty, I am sure Mollema and everyone else would have preferred boring dry roads instead. The rain did nothing to reduce the enthusiasm of the fans along the side of the road.