 His supporters cheered for him, and he got excited and sped away from his teammates.That costed him too much energy, and he lost 20 minutes in that stage to the J.B. Louvet team, so the lead was transferred to Hector Martin, from the J.B. Louvet team.In stage 8, the Dilecta team lost more than one hour, and they saw nothing left to win, and abandoned the race.