Demare leads French jersey sweep as Bardet weeps
Four-man break
The start was given in the rain and wind at 13:26 to the whole 176 riders on the entry list. After five kilometres,
Kristijan Koren (Cannondale-Drapac), Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie), Romain Hardy (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) and Gatis Smukulis (Delko-Marseille-KTM) broke clear and their gap quickly increased. It reached four minutes at the top...
