Updates from Grand Départ in Brittany
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60km to go: Two categorised climbs today – only Cat 4 and Cat 3 – today is about the speed but the legs will be tested there. Even on flat stages, this is where the splits come.
65km to go: It’s 30 seconds or so that the two leaders have on the field. The peloton sees many of the GC contenders in the vanguard. With plenty of roundabouts, there’s danger ahead.
70km to go: We leave Vannes behind and enter the countryside with a gap of 10 seconds to the peloton, Tomasi joined by Maud Rijnbeek.
