More than a minute! Mathieu Burgaudeau and Mattéo Vercher still have the legs to hold on to this breakaway. The two TotalEnergies riders are “honoring the Tour”, as their team manager asked them to do. In a few moments we will be crossing the only mountain pass of the day.

Against all odds, the escapees again took almost a minute’s gap. The peloton got to within six seconds of them to neutralize them, but they took their foot off the gas and both Mathieu Burgaudeau and Mattéo Vercher pulled away again.

The end of the breakaway is coming. The breakaway riders will be neutralized in a few moments. The pace of the group has increased considerably in the last few minutes and in a short time it has cut a few seconds. In fact, several riders were cut off without being able to keep up with the pace.

There are 40 kilometers to go to the end of the stage. Mathieu Burgaudeau and Mattéo Vercher are still in the lead, but the advantage over the peloton has not exceeded 50 seconds? In fact, the gap is already decreasing.

There is a fall in the peloton. Marc Soler has gone to the ground in the middle of the group and is delayed by a few seconds. Fortunately it was not serious and in a short time he will be back in the group.

For now, not much has changed in the stage. We are entering the last 50 kilometers of the day, with Mathieu Burgaudeau and Mattéo Vercher still holding a gap of about 50 seconds over the peloton.

Intermarché – Wanty is still in command at the front of the peloton, after all it is the most interested in neutralizing the breakaway so that Biniam Girmay has a chance to win the stage. For the time being, 50 seconds separate the escapees from the bunch.

The advantage of the two riders who have escaped is over 30 seconds. Gradually, both Mathieu Burgaudeau and Mattéo Vercher are increasing the pace and cadence to pull away from the rest of the peloton.

The attempted attack by the two TotalEnergies men had no major advantage. It did not exceed 25 seconds for the moment. The peloton controls its start and Intermarché – Wanty leads the pace of the group.

We have a breakaway attempt! Mathieu Burgaudeau and Mattéo Vercher break away from the peloton. TotalEnergies gave the order for one of his riders to look to make a move in the group and two riders jumped.

Jonathan Milan passes first at the intermediate sprint! The Lidl – Trek rider jumped in the last meters to break the Intermarché – Wanty control, and won the duel to Tim Merlier, Anthony Turgis and Biniam Girmay.

The intermediate sprint is coming. The pace of the peloton is commanded by Intermarché – Wanty with Biniam Girmay who will try to catch some points to get closer to Jonathan Milan in the fight for the green jersey when Tadej Pogacar leaves the conversation.

Earlier in the day it was confirmed that Eddie Dunbar did not take the start. Team Jayco AlUla confirmed that after the crash he suffered yesterday in the stage with a few kilometers to go to the finish line, they made the decision not to continue due to pain in his wrist.

There are 95 kilometers to go to the end of the stage. The peloton is compact and is heading for the first moment of contention, which will be the intermediate sprint, located about 85 kilometers from the finish line. It is expected that some brave rider will jump to form the breakaway later on.

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The prefecture of the department of the Madiot brothers and Jacky Durand is also the epicenter of Les Boucles de la Mayenne and has seen the best French sprinters shine, see Bryan Coquard, Nacer Bouhanni and Arnaud Démare, as well as riders of other profiles such as Benoît Cosnefroy and Dorian Godon. The race also brings back fond memories for Mathieu van der Poel, who won his first race on French roads after leaving the youth ranks in 2017. The Dutchman wore the yellow jersey here in the 2021 Tour de France during a time trial won by Tadej Pogacar. Van der Poel managed to hold on to the lead at the top of the table by just eight seconds.

Tadej Pogacar regained the overall leader’s jersey after demonstrating his power in his legs to win at the finish on the Wall of Brittany after a day that ended up being eventful with several riders affected.