Greig Leach

Cofidis had gone fifteen years without a stage victory at the Tour de France, and now, thanks to Ion Izagirre (and earlier Victor Lafay) they now have won two in this edition of the Tour alone. Izagirre had managed to drop the rest of the break on the way up the final climb. He pressed that advantage all of the way into Belleville en Beaujolais, coming in around a minute or more ahead of the six trying to chase him down. What else will Cofidis be able to do this year?