Future watch: stage 4

Mikel Landa and Jon Izagirre both stayed with the main group of favourites on today's lumpy stage to Vals-les-Bains. A 40-rider strong pack finished 2 minutes and 8 seconds down on breakaway trio Hardy, Bardet and Rosch. Izagirre placed 13 on the stage, while Landa was 38th. The latter dropped to eighth overall duo to the trio's exploits and subsequent rise up the overall rankings, but with three stages left to ride the fight for the GC is still delicately poised.