That‘s the stage Bora waited for, probably… I am sure that Politt wins this, today. I cannot imagine that the breakaway will be caught, and I am sure Honore won‘t have a chance. Politt will drop him in the final kms, and win this stage solo.
I do not understand why Bahrain is not chasing. Bahrain‘s TdF has been a nightmare, until now, and they only got headlines for these police trouble, recently. I don‘t know what‘s going on with Mohoric, for example. He is riding a terrible TdF. Why has Bahrain‘s government not prevented European police from attacking the team? The team and their sponsors will be upset about what happened in this Tour and beforehand. I‘m angry, also. Why does European police prevent Bahrain cycling team from riding fast and entertaining? What sense does that make?
If Bahrain doesn‘t perform in stages like today‘s, their Tour will be over. Do they want to wait for the hard Pyrenean stages? They won‘t even finish these stages in the day‘s Top-30, in current shape.