Greig Leach

Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) had been dropped near the summit of the Cime de La Bonette. He was diving down the mountain as fast as he possibly could in hopes of catching back onto the tail of the greatly reduced peloton. He did manage to catch up, but did so at the base of the final climb of the day. Once the road went up again, he wasn't able to hold on. Given that he had detached on the previous mountain, and had spent huge amounts of energy to catch, it was little surprise he was dropped again. He did finish nineteenth on the stage which was enough to keep him in thirteenth overall.