Greig Leach

The lead group had no time to stop and have a bite, the peloton wasn't giving them any leeway off the front. Francis Bidard (Cofidis) grabbed a bottle from his soigneur who seems to have been trying to match his rider calorie for calorie. Behind him Emils Liepins (Trek-Segafredo) held his bottle in his teeth while he looked to see what else was in his musette. On his other shoulder Paul Lapiera (Ag2r-Citroen) worked on getting his food sorted. To keep all of the riders fed in the this stage the soigneurs were able to position themselves just past the top of Mount Lofty since the peloton would ride by six times before the end of the race.