An hour into today's Tour stage and news filtered out: Geraint Thomas is in the breakaway. Hold the phone.

In the end, it wasn't to be for the break - Nils Politt, 'the Flying Dentist', set the pace in the bunch and they were caught the first time up the famous Mur de Bretagne.

G enjoyed himself though, and joined Luke on the pod to chat all about it.

The boys will be back on Monday.

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