Greig Leach

As soon as the group containing the World Champion and her teammate (amongst others), Amanda Spratt (Trek-Segafredo) went on the offensive. She built up a 45 second gap as three more behind tried to bridge up to her. As she looked back over the little rolling hills, she could see the chasers, and a bit further behind them, the peloton. With 29 kilometers left to race, it was going to take some real effort to stay away. The further challenge was the two climbs yet to come, the Cote d’Ereffe and the Mur de Huy. (Spoiler, they caught her at the bottom of the Mur de Huy with just about a kilometer left to race.)