Greig Leach

After a hair raising descent of the Col de la Ramez, the duo of Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quickstep) and Jarlinson Pantano (IAM Cycling) rain across the wet valley floor. The pair made it around the sharp corner onto the main road through the valley and as the rather sodden fans watched the equally soaked riders whiz past. Those on the side of the road may be drier, umbrellas don't work well when you are trying to be aerodynamic. Pantano already has a stage win and a second place in this Tour, fast becoming the new darling of Colombian cycling, I believe he was hoping to strike again. Alaphilippe seems to becoming back into form after a rough mid-Tour. I am sure he would like to be the second Frenchman to win a stage. He did spend a couple of days in the Maillot Blanc of best young rider, but now he is over an hour off of the pace.