The riders broke into two groups, clearly bent on escape.

A rider broke from the column and galloped up to the gates.

Nine riders broke away on the eighth lap and stayed in front.

The two riders broke away from the leading group on the second climb of the day.

Four riders, two of them French, broke away near the end and built a big lead.

Seventeen riders break away from the peloton early in the stage, opening a lead of up to 25 minutes.

They looked from the rocks out where no rider broke the mist.

A rider broke through the ring, running his horse straight at Trystan from behind.

They and one other rider had broken away from a small group that led the race for the last 92 miles.

In the final kilometers, several riders broke clear but were caught.