Neon leads the way.

AToC Stage 4:

Unseen carnage: Alex Dowsett and about six others had a crash earlier.  I mention him in particular because he has hemophilia and that must be slightly frightening at times like these. Phil and Paul are saying he’s abandoned, along with Thor, Kurt A-A, and one half of Team Jacques-Maynes!

On we go...

Ted King’s right up front!

Phil and Paul are now suggesting that if you drop off the back you’ll be picked up by a turkey vulture.  They really have an issue with this.

Oooh the chase is on and it’s Leaky-gas leading the way.

What? That sucks! Denifl has just flatted and it’s Friere out on his own now. Maybe he'll take inspiration from yesterday’s lone wolf Ryder Hesjedal. Or the best lone breakaway EVA.

The Bernie Eisel train is catching up to Oscar Friere…

Oh no! Brent Bookwalter and the OTHER Jacques-Maynes have just gone down. 

Phil has some advice to breakaway artists about to be caught by the pelaton: "Stick to your guns, don't look over your shoulder, there’s always a chance they’ll get confused."

I’m sorry, how does anyone expect this bike race to be taken seriously when in the place of L’Alpe D’Huez, the Tourmalet, and Morzine Avoriaz, we have Mount Baldy.

God it’s like they're sprinting already!  What a crazy pace!

And there’s the catch. Oscar has been picked up by the neon LG train.

GEORGE!

WHAT!? He came out of NOWHERE up onto the pavement I swear and just went for it full gas!  Way to offroad it George!!

“A cheeky move by Big George” indeed.

Aww, caught again.

Yesss, Sagan! Perhaps he’ll smile on the podium today.

Yeah he just did a wheelie. 

“The size of his thighs is what went against him yesterday.” Though it makes sense, what a weird thing to say about someone.  

They must've finished way before the predicted time today, though not as brutally as that excellent time in 1971.  I think Phil and Paul said the finish hadn't even set up when Ocana rolled in.