Greig Leach

What started as a defensive move for his teammate is looking like a long looked for stage win for his team. Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) had dropped his break away companion and was still eight seconds ahead of the peloton with under four kilometers to race. It was still slim odds that he could get his team's first stage win in fourteen years and the first win for the French in their own Tour. But no, the gods of the Tour are cruel and he was got within 500 meters of the line. Instead of the hoped for stage victory, he finished 64th on the day in the second group 24 seconds behind the winner of the stage.