print s ▁available ▁on ▁the ▁course ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁maximum ▁advantage ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁minutes ▁before ▁the ▁pel ot on ▁began ▁to ▁re el ▁them ▁in . ▁Several ▁teams ▁helped ▁with ▁the ▁work load ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁break away ▁back . ▁With ▁the ▁day ' s ▁early ▁rain ▁s atur ating ▁the ▁road , ▁Fab ian ▁Weg mann ▁crash ed ▁around ▁ 6 0   km ▁in , ▁need ing ▁to ▁change ▁his ▁bi ke ▁minutes ▁later . ▁ ▁For ▁many ▁kilom eters , ▁the ▁time ▁gap ▁didn ' t ▁decrease ▁beyond ▁about ▁ 6 ' 3 0 " ▁to ▁ 6 ' 4 5 ", ▁leading ▁to ▁spec ulation ▁that ▁the ▁four ▁in ▁the ▁break away ▁could ▁surv ive ▁to ▁the ▁line . ▁The ▁teams ▁of ▁the ▁prominent ▁spr inter s ▁came ▁forward ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁faster ▁pace ▁at ▁around ▁ 3 5   km ▁to ▁go . ▁With ▁about ▁ 2 3   km ▁to ▁go , ▁Áng el ▁Gó mez ▁and ▁Nick i ▁S ør ensen ▁were ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁crash ▁that ▁split ▁the ▁pel ot on ▁into ▁three ▁fragments , ▁the ▁second ▁of ▁which ▁contained ▁the ▁white ▁j er sey ▁Ric c ardo ▁Ric c ò ▁and ▁Den is ▁Men ch ov , ▁finished ▁ 3 8 ▁seconds ▁behind ▁the ▁first , ▁which ▁contained ▁the ▁yellow ▁j er sey ▁Ale j andro ▁Val ver de . ▁The ▁third ▁group ▁contained ▁Christ ophe ▁More au . ▁Gó mez ▁eventually ▁had ▁to ▁abandon ▁the ▁Tour . ▁ ▁The ▁break away