The latest as Le Tour travels 193km from Aigle to Châtel in a mountainous, Alpine stage, with Tom Davies as your guide
Latour overhauls the Canadian Hugo Houle at the summit to take the five points. Simon Geshke also adds two points. And down they come with Col de la Croix the next climb. Meanwhile the gap from the breakaway, which is still 21-strong, to the peloton has crept back up to 3:24.The lead group remains stable and together though its gap with the pack has been cut by around 30 seconds over the past few kilometres, standing now at around three minutes.
“Really good to see Pinot in the break,” tweets MaliciousA . “He’s hardly had the best run of luck in recent years, but when he is on, he’s thrilling to watch. Heroics aside, he’ll need a stomp on the keep the break clear, as this is a great chance for him to nab a stage win.”Among that leading group is Thibaut Pinot, who’s fighting back well after his crashes and mishaps of yesterday. Jonathan Castroviejo is also worth looking out for, and Uran’s presence is focusing minds.
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