The race started off in the worst possible way. Haig, and others, lost more than 4 minutes on the flat
Stage 1.
Our first highlight came on in the TTT on
Stage 5. We rode a great stage to finish
3rd.
Our first breakaway appearance was on
Stage 9, with Zmorka. Expectedly, he didn't make it far. Haig finished in the lead group.
Leemreize joined the break on
Stage 10. He stayed at the front all through the stage, picking up KOM points and eventually following the winning move. He edged out Chaiyasombat for the stage
win!
Hofstetter finished
9th on
Stage 11, his only Top 10 of the race.
Leemreize joined the break on
Stage 13. He picked up more KOM points, including a summit win. He would finish
6th on the stage. Haig gained time on some of his rivals.
Leemreize joined the break on
Stage 14 as well. He would be dropped on the penultimate climb.
No break action on
Stage 15, but after they were caught Leemreize powered through the uphill finish to take another stage
win! Haig got
4th, his real contribution of the race, other than the TTT.
Haig followed all the right moves in the closing slopes of
Stage 16, getting another
4th place finish, and moving into the Top 10 of the GC for the first time in the race.
Haig stayed with the front group on
Stage 17 and claimed
6th.
Stage 18 was relatively uneventful for our leaders, although Haig did gain another place in the GC.
It was all hands on deck to protect Haig on
Stage 19 with only Zmorka going into the break. A fruitless effort! Haig, with a couple of other GC contenders, would catch most of the break on the climb to the finish. Haig would finish
8th on the stage, now climbing to 6th in the GC.
The ITT on Stage 20 went perfectly to plan. Zmorka was at his best, taking the stage
win. Rekita finished
10th. Haig finished 16th and moved up to 3rd in the GC.
Stage 21 didn't throw up any results, or surprises, for us.
Leemreize finished
7th in the KOM. Hayter was
2nd in the U25s. We finished
9th in the Teams classification.
| 3 | Jack Haig | Sony - Force India | + 5'26 |
| 22 | Gijs Leemreize | Sony - Force India | + 28'17 |
| 52 | Leo Hayter | Sony - Force India | + 1h28'40 |
| 57 | Dinmukhammed Ulysbayev | Sony - Force India | + 1h46'30 |
| 78 | Naveen John | Sony - Force India | + 3h09'23 |
| 139 | Hugo Hofstetter | Sony - Force India | + 4h44'17 |
| 156 | Marlen Zmorka | Sony - Force India | + 5h13'26 |
| 176 | Szymon Rekita | Sony - Force India | + 5h58'35 |
