Greig Leach

After a multiude of attacks in the early kilometers of the stage, this looked to be the group that the peloton seemed to be willing to let go up the road. The move was started by Coralie Demay (St. Michel-Auber93) who opened up a bit of a gap rather quickly. Both Valerie Demey (Liv Racing Xstra) and Laura Asencio (Ceratizit-WNT) saw that this one my be the move that goes, and joined her in the effort. Once it was a group of three, they quickly opened a gap of almost two and a half minutes. It is a good idea to get a bit of an advantage before the white gravel roads of the wine vineyards that lay ahead.