133 kms to go 15 man break forms. None of ours in there #losing 61 riders remain in the peloton having distanced the rest on a climb however the stragglers are clawing back, having gone from 2 mins down to 1.40 now. Aru, De Clercq, Santaromita, Weening, Porte and Iglinsky are clearly not in form with the wet weather and are two groups back (110 riders in groups ahead of them). The group behind the main peloton contains names such as Tony Martin, Ten Dam, Voeckler, Evans, Ulissi and Samuel Sanchez
10 more kms later and groupe porte have made it back. will they be too cooked to contest later though?
90 kms left and the whole peloton bar the break is back together. some tough climbs to come though in a tick
Gerrans, Majka and Vanendert are all working hard on the front for Dereks while Nibali, Gasparotto and De Gendt remain at the head of the pack protected. Perhaps they're setting up Nibali and Gasparotto
Missed Kwiakowski who's also hanging back. Intxausti and Caruso also doing a lot of work for CC who have brought some good riders in Spilak, LL Sanchez, Konig and Valverde for this.
28 ks out and a big attack from the favourites. Inside it is: Henao, Nibali, DMartin, De Gendt, Van den Broeck, Rodriguez, Gilbert and LL Sanchez
Fosters had nobody in that so they've worked their ass off and chased it down. We're all together again for the last 15.
Same 9 get away again. 8 ks left and we get a dan martin attack, clearly knows he's beat in a sprint. Nibali off too Van den Broeck, Henao and De Gendt can't keep up, looks a 5 man race right now - Nibali, Martin, Sanchez, Valverde and Gilbert
