Greig Leach

Having been in the break all day, Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale) had to be disappointed to be joined by an attacking Simon Yates (Orica-Scott). Yates had just bridged across from the peloton on the way up the penultimate climb of the day and had the fresher legs. Yet the duo dropped the rest of the early break on the technical descent into the valley in hopes of getting to the summit and the finishing line ahead of the Sky lead peloton. Both riders had lost time in earlier stages, so there was a chance that Sky would be unconcerned with this attack and not chase.