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Breaking the Race Apart CdD35
While I understand that broadcasters only have so much time in the schedule to show all of the great events going on around the world, I sure wish I could have seen the battle that took place on the climb of the Col de la Madeleine. Plus, that is a very beautiful climb when watch on a video screen (although I do hope to ride up it someday). On the way up, Romain Bardet (Ag2r) hatched their plan that they hoped would put him into the Yellow Jersey by the end of the day. Bardet took two of his teammates with him in the attack, Jan Bakelants and Mikael Cherel. The other rider who was looking to get the jump on the peloton was Fabio Aru (Astana) who had the able assistance of his teammate, Luis Leon Sanchez. Sanchez is encouraging Bakelants to push the pace to their mutual benefit.