'One of the most unusual breakaways in the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes or indeed any week-long stage race in recent years could hardly fail to produce some unexpected results, and Friday's stage 6 saw, amongst other surprises, a 21-year-old Australian neo-pro claim the overall lead.
Third on the mountainous stage to Crest-Voland, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe racer Luke Tuckwell was able both to celebrate his teammate Maxim van Gils taking the day's honour, but also the biggest success of his incipient career to date.
