With five stages in the books,
Romain Bardet is sitting 12th overall, 2:36 behind new leader of the race, Jai Hindley. The leader of
Team DSM-firmenich rode the final climb tactically, at his own pace, crossing the line in the group with Ben O'Connor or Michael Woods, to name a few.
"In the beginning of the race it was already very fast, before the race situation had settled down for a while. In the end, things went fast again in the final," said the French climber. "We rode up the Marie Blanque really fast and I think everyone settled into place very quickly. I just rode at my own pace."
