On the topic of Squiban and the polka dot jersey, Beau emails in to say:

Squiban needs to make a big charge here to pick up any more points. She’s less than a minute back of the yellow jersey group, but she has to pass a lot of riders.

Good point. Also, the yellow jersey group aren’t going to knock off the pace, especially as Gigante keeps attacking.

62km to go: At the front, Van der Breggen rides her tempo – she has 1min 50secs on the yellow jersey group. But then, Gigante attacks again and quickly reduces that gap to 1min 33secs.

According to the Tour race