Saint-Vulbas > Crest-Voland 183km

At last, we reach the weekend and the GC days. Thanks to the TTT and gaps in the opening stage, Vauquelin and Onley are basically in the virtual lead, apologises to Alex Baudin fans. The Ineos pair lead Jorgenson by 3 seconds, Ayuso and Skjelmose are at 35s, and Seixas is 48s behind. This isn’t the hardest finish in the world, big gaps are unlikely, but it will start to shape the GC going into Saturday and Sunday.