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4km to go: It\u2019s not going to happen for Stuyven, who runs out of steam on an uphill stretch. Are we gearing up for the sprint trains to take charge, or can anyone else make a late break?<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 5km to go: Stuyven\u2019s gap is down to an ominous 10 seconds, but he\u2019ll be helped by some tactical pacing from the Lidl-Trek and Alpecin teams, who don\u2019t want to pull things along at this stage.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6km to go: Stuyven is 34, and has never won a Tour de France<\/a> stage. There may not be many better chances, but the 40-man group behind him are closing, second by second \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 8km to go: Stuyven leads by 30 seconds now; the gap is coming down, but is it happening fast enough? It\u2019s going to be a close call \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 10km to go: Alpecin-Premier have five riders in the chasing group, so plenty of manpower for Philipsen. The peloton are rolling along, seven minutes behind, while the unwell Adam Yates is a further 11 minutes back, and praying for the finish line.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 12km to go: That 2021 triumph in San Remo was Stuyven\u2019s last race victory, so he\u2019s certainly due one. He\u2019s using the last downhill stretch to briefly rest his legs; the gap is creeping down to 35 seconds.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 15km to go: Stuyven continues to motor on, and now leads by 40 seconds. The other five riders have joined the chasers behind them, forming a 40-man group with designs on reeling Stuyven in.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 17km to go: We\u2019re approaching the town of Rives, before a zig-zag run to the finish line. Voiron has hosted the Tour before, but also the end of a La Vuelta stage last year. It wasn\u2019t a happy day for Philipsen, beaten to the line by British rider Ben Turner.<\/p>\n Jasper Stuyven powers clear. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.03 EDT<\/p>\n 20km to go: Stuyven powers past the 20km marker, with nothing but open, flat road ahead. The Belgian is known as a Classics specialist, winning Milan-San Remo in 2021 and finishing third at Paris-Roubaix this year \u2013 so he should have the stamina here.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 22km to go: Stuyven has eked out a 25-second gap over his five rivals, who now face a choice of whether to hunt him down now, or rejoin the larger group behind them and push for a bunch sprint finish.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 25km to go: This has been absolute chess on wheels today, and the final stretch should be fascinating. The leading six riders have a minute\u2019s gap over the chasers. Stuyven tries to get away straight after the intermediate sprint \u2013 can he make it count?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.54 EDT<\/p>\n 27km to go: Here comes the intermediate sprint \u2013 which surely Pedersen will win. Planckaert \u2013 a teammate of Philipsen \u2013 is his only concern, but is held off comfortably. Another 25 points in the green jersey race, while Philipsen has to settle for nine.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 32km to go: The leading breakaway group are being helped by a tail wind as they continue heading west. Poor Adam Yates is now nine minutes off the peloton, but has been joined by teammate Tim Wellens \u2013 I\u2019m not sure why Team Emirates didn\u2019t do that sooner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 36km to go: We\u2019ve just passed through the village of Charavines and along the shores of Lac de Paladru. Never mind the crystal blue waters, what about the time gaps? The leading six have a 1min 20sec lead over the hefty chasing pack.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40km to go: The intermediate groups have merged into one, 37-man chasing machine \u2013 with Van der Poel, Kooij and Philipsen all present. Michael Matthews, another breakaway specialist, is also in that group.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The leading group: Didi Senft cheers from the side of the road as Tadej Pogacar passes. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.46 EDT<\/p>\n 47km to go: The leading six have carved out a 50-second lead over a chasing group of 26 riders, with two smaller bunches of six riders each just behind. The peloton is drifting, and has absorbed the Girmay grupetto \u2013 it\u2019s now more than four minutes behind.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Adam Yates well off the pace due to illness<\/p>\n 52km to go: TNT Sports confirm that Adam Yates has had a stomach problem, and is \u201crunning on empty\u201d today, according to UAE Team Emirates.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.49 EDT<\/p>\n 55km to go: Mads Pedersen is leading the charge, taking Healy, Stuyven, Engelhardt, Planckaert and Kwiatkowski with him. There are 24 chasers strung out between them and Philipsen\u2019s group, which is a minute behind.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57km to go: Adam Yates is still labouring, and has drifted 30 seconds behind Girmay\u2019s group, and a minute behind a slowish peloton. Further up the road, there\u2019s a split in the leading group \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60km to go: With the intermediate sprint ahead at Colombe, the likes of Kooij and Philipsen are also trying to join the leading pack. It could end up with 45 riders, with 45 in the maillot jaune group and 61 in Girmay\u2019s group, around a minute further back.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.10 EDT<\/p>\n 62km to go: Mads Pedersen, who was cut off from the peloton earlier on, has now launched himself up the road in pursuit of the leaders \u2013 whose gap to the main bunch is down to 30 seconds.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 64km to go: The group featuring Girmay has also made up a little bit of time \u2013 they\u2019re now 2min 25sec behind the leaders. Further back, Anders Johannessen \u2013 who was in the day\u2019s first attempted break \u2013 is now seven minutes behind.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 67km to go: Healy, Jorgenson and Le Berre have joined the main group, but the gap is closing to the peloton. Adam Yates is struggling \u2013 barely moving forward and holding his chest \u2013 but he tells the Emirates team car he\u2019s OK to continue.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 70km to go: We\u2019re heading into Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, where a left turn at a roundabout will take the riders over the Guiers river, out of Savoie and into the Is\u00e8re department.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 75km to go: The gap between the leading group and main bunch is now a solid 1min 20secs, with the three chasers still closer to the peloton.<\/p>\n The lead breakaway is silhouetted under the afternoon sun. Photograph: Jeff Pachoud\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.00 EDT<\/p>\n 78km: Decathlon have eased off the gas at the front of the peloton, but DS Luke Rowe insists the aim is still to bring everyone back together, and try to set up Olav Kooij for a sprint victory.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 80km to go: Three riders have made a move to join the leading breakaway, which is now about a minute clear of the peloton. Ben Healy is one of them, and he\u2019s joined by Matteo Jorgensen and Mathis le Berre.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n While the breakaway group struggle to work together, we\u2019re treated to some lovely drone shots from the Grottes de St-Christophe, a series of narrow gorges with turquoise streams running through them. I want to go to there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.50 EDT<\/p>\n 90km to go: Will this breakaway hold? The gap is stuck at around 40 seconds. If this is going to be a sprinters\u2019 day after all, that\u2019s good news for Olav Kooij, Jasper Philipsen, Mads Pedersen and Soren W\u00e6renskjold, who are in the main group. Girmay, Max Kanter and Pascal Ackermann are among those adrift.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Away from today\u2019s stage, Jonas Vingegaard has undergone successful surgery on his fractured collarbone in Denmark. The two-times former Tour winner was injured in a crash on Sunday, forcing him to withdraw from the race.<\/p>\n Visma-Lease a Bike\u2019s sports director Marc \u2060Reef told TV2 Sport: \u201cIt went \u200cwell. They did what they had to. It wasn\u2019t the most complicated operation \u200byou can have.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Breakaway riders: Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.29 EDT<\/p>\n 97km to go: As the route heads south-west, deeper into the Chartreuse, the 16-man leading group are holding steady with a 45-second gap to the pack.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Biniam Girmay, who looked to be a contender for today\u2019s stage, has lost ground and is stuck in the autobus some two minutes behind the peloton.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 100km to go: Fourteen other riders followed Tarling and Simmons\u2019 lead, and this large group has a lead of around 40 seconds over the main bunch.<\/p>\n
Ben Healy (EF-Easypost)
Jasper Stuyven (Soudal)
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
Felix Engelhardt (Jayco)
Edward Planckaert (Alpecin)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos)<\/p>\n
Egan Bernal and Josh Tarling (both Ineos), Pablo Castrillo and Einer Rubio (both Movistar), Guillaume Martin Guyonnet and Cl\u00e9ment Braz Afonso (both FDJ), Tiesj Benoot (Decathlon), Jai Hindley (Red Bull), Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), Alex Baudin (EF), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin), Jasper Stuyven (Soudal), Rick Pluimers (Tudor), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain), Felix Engelhardt (Jayco), Per Strand Hagenes (Visma).<\/p>\n