Greig Leach

Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) was the second of the marquee sprinters to suffer a flat tire. However unlike Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep), Coquard had the misfortune to have his mechanical on the bell lap. As he pulled off looking for his team car, he knew that his dream of taking out the final stage of the 2016 Tour de France, was further away than the l'Arc du Triomphe. It was going to be impossible to catch back on even if he already had gotten back underway. It seem cruelly unjust to have the French sprinter and best hope for a French win on the Champs Elysees to be unable to sprint for victory.