Greig Leach

Javier Romo (Astana) seemed to have the better legs of his own teammate in the early break away. He is one of five who slipped away from the other dozen as they got ready to climb the Col de la Couiollole. Both Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto-Dstny) seemed to have a lot to say to Romo and Jeremy Cabot (Total Energies). As I painted this, I noticed that Eenkhoorn had his bottle in his hand, and was gesturing to his team car (off to the left as you view this) that he needed another bid on before he started the final climb of the day.