Many seasoned race observers say it will take nearly a miracle for Froome's main rivals to topple him before the race ends on Paris' Champs-Elysees on July 26.Ĭhelsea's board is SPLIT over Graham Potter's future with certain figures unsure he's got the authority to turn their dismal season around Among them were Dan Martin, an Irish rider with Cannondale-Garmin who won a Tour stage in this region two years ago, and France's Thomas Voeckler - a four-time Tour stage winner who won the polka dot jersey in 2012. Leading Sky's train was Australia's Richie Porte, wearing a Cheshire-cat smile as he panted up the climb.Ī seven-rider breakaway including Majka led the way over the day's first hard climb, the Aspin pass. He was briefly at the front of a small lead bunch, before Sky regained control. Showering himself from a water bottle in the heat, Nibali sought to salvage some honor after he all but fell out of contention in Tuesday's entree into the Pyrenees. The Briton and his Sky team made sure that Wednesday wouldn't be that bad day.ĭefending Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali trailed more than five minutes behind Majka, like Froome and the other title hopefuls. Froome played down his lead by saying: 'A bad day in the mountains, and three minutes can disappear
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