Greig Leach

As it usually goes on the Champs Elysees, as soon as one escape was brought back to the peloton another one goes. First to go off on his own was Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) not the first time in the Tour he has left the peloton behind. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) road across the gap to join forces with the Kazakhstan and together the pair built on their advantage over the peloton. While I have enjoyed all the vistas that have played across my television screen during the Tour, I am always thrilled to see Paris a city I have visited five times since I was a teenager. I admit, I would much rather be walking the streets now than sitting in Richmond, Virginia. My love of bike racing started when I purchase my first cycling magazine in Paris, Eddy Merckx was on the cover.