Greig Leach

Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) had missed the breakaway when it formed back at the beginning of the stage and had to sprint across to join up with the escapees. Then with 63 kilometers to go, he found himself on his own chasing down the leaders when the break split apart. I'm not real clear on why it split, but several guys didn't see the move go, and then didn't really want to pull any of the others back to those that got away. Carapaz had to catch them napping again and use his climbing legs to leave those behind to go find those ahead on his own. I have no idea what the fan filming and running along side covered in a pink suit is supposed to be. That outfit does beat the all to frequent Borat "bathing suits" however. I did decide to paint this for the story it tells, but also because it was too tempting to capture a rider in pink being filmed by a fan all bedecked in pink themselves.