One of the big losers of the day was Egan Bernal, last year's champion from Colombia who was unable to match Roglic's pace on the arduous ascent of the Puy Mary. Bernal tumbled from second to third in the overall standings and slumped exhausted across his handlebars at the top.
The intense stage, one of this race's hardest with seven ascents of note, was won by Colombian rider Daniel Martinez. He had been part of a breakaway of lower-order riders.The 191-kilometre trek through the hills and mountains of the Massif Central range was one of the toughest of this Tour, with the greatest total elevation gain of any stage -- a whopping 4,400 metres of climbing in all.
Bardet was hindered by a mid-stage crash that also took down Dutch rider Bauke Mollema, who had been 13th. Bardet scraped himself off the tarmac and carried on but an injury to Mollema forced him to abandon what had been his tenth Tour.
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