Greig Leach

Tiesj Benoot (Sunweb) checks over his shoulder as he swings over from his pull on the front of the six man break away. Benoot may well have been checking to see if anyone was skipping turns at the back of the group. Behind him, Quentin Pacher (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) prepares to ride through for his turn on the front. Nils Politt (Israel Start Up Nation) waits in the wings for his turn. With this kind of shared effort, the break may have a chance of staying away from the peloton. Not likely, however, since this is the first mountain top finish of this Tour, the earliest in a Tour ever.