Today has to be the most impressive day of racing we have seen from Chris Froome in the last three years.
It is a high-quality field at the Dauphine and Froome appeared very comfortable climbing near the front of the peloton up the Cat.2 Col de Mezilhac, a 11.6km effort averaging 4.1%.
The peloton then put the hammer down to chase the breakaway, descending rapidly and then powering up a Cat. 4 bump that I thought would see Froome go out the back.
However, there he was near the front of the peloton as it stormed towards the finishing line and he ended the day comfortably amongst the best riders.
Well done, Chris.