𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓝𝓮𝔀𝓼

50km to go: Biniam Girmay is leading the points classification now following Philipsen’s abandonment.

56km to go: Bryan Coquard was nudged and drifted to the left, and Philipsen couldn’t avoid him, causing his fall. He landed badly on his right shoulder.

58km to go: The main concern is with Philipsen, whose Tour had been going so well until this point. It looks a nasty injury for him. Jonathan Milan took the 20 points from the intermediate sprint.

60km to go: A horrible crash for Jasper Philipsen in the green jersey, who falls on the intermediate sprint. He’s got a scraped back and is holding his right shoulder in pain. That’s probably his race over.

64km to go: The tempo is gradually upping as we approach the intermediate sprint. But the peloton are still bunched together.

88km to go: The leisurely pace today has perhaps meant a paucity of action, but the riders are taking the opportunity on a flat course to keep something in the tank for more challenging stages to come.

105km to go: The peloton has become a long, thin trail of riders, with Alpecin-Deceuninck setting the pace at the front.

115km to go: There’s no rain now and the sun is threatening to come out. Temperatures are fairly cool but the big issue later in the race will be the headwind, which is expected to be significant during the final sprint.