Greig Leach

Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott) looked over at his break away companions. I'm not sure if he was letting them know that Nicolas Edet and Daniel Narvarro (Cofidis) were coming up to them, or if he was about to attack Damiano Caruso (BMC) and Warren Barguil (Fortuneo Samsic). They were on the way up La Rosiere, the final climb of the day. Unlike yesterday, there would be no riding down the other side of the mountain. Today the stage would end on top of the Catagory 1 climb. And yes, Nieve, went on the offensive, riding everyone off of his wheel.