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Waiting for His Sprinter CdD25-7
Despite his team's sprinter, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) already having two other teammates helping him, Julien Bernard was also called back to help pull Milan back up to the peloton. The penultimate climb had proven too much for the big sprinter to stay with the main group, but they now had a long descent and flat roads to catch back on. They are facing one more climb before the finale in Issoire, but that one is nowhere near as hard as the Category 2 Cote du Chateau de Buron. We will have to wait and see if the strategy paid off in Issoire.