Greig Leach

With their countryman Romain Bardet (Ag2r) up the road, the quartet of Cyril Gautier and Pierre Rolland from Europcar, along with Bob Jungels (Trek Factory Racing) and Winner Anacona (Movistar) chased as hard as they could. The final climb up Lacets de Montvernier was a new one to the Tour having never been scaled by the peloton, or any other Pro Tour race. It was an amazing zig zagging scaling of a cliff wall that included 17 switchbacks to reach the top. Fortunately, these men in spandex didn't have to come down this "Jacob's Ladder". Try as they might the loan Frenchman continued to pull away from this foursome, even on the climb.