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45km to go: Rolland rides away from Herrada and Geschke, who look cooked. The Frenchman chases down Gogl and gets to him too. Herrada at least stays in the chase while Geschke drops back. Rolland goes over the Col de la Biche to take the mountain points.
The peloton is closing the gap slowly on all those trying to stay away for the day. Jumbo-Visma continue to control the peloton but powder is being kept dry for the Colombier. Thibaut Pinot won’t be involved in the chase at the end of the stage; he’s gone off the back, shaking his head at his lack of capability of challenging. Further woes for Ineos: Pavel Sivakov is off the back. Bernal is going to be very isolated on the final climb. Michał Kwiatkowski may end up being his sole helper. Jumbo-Visma have six people in the peloton.
News of the retired Sergio Higuita: he has a broken wrist and finger, and crashed on a roundabout when he couldn’t use his brakes. Thanks a lot, Bob Jungels.
50km to go: The descent is not very long, as the Cole de la Biche beckons, all 6.9km of it. Gogl has to stand up from the saddle to power himself along, and this is a far higher climb than the previous category one. He’s got 28 seconds on the rest of the rump of the initial breakaway. Further bad news for Ineos? Michał Kwiatkowski is at the team car and seems to have a problem with his hand. Gogl, now the clear leader, has almost a minute on the three he went over the previous climb with.
