After losing a minute in the team time trial in the Dauphine, AG2R’s Romain Bardet says he will look to reclaim time in the mountains on stages five through to eight. The team will also work on the discipline ahead of the team time trial during stage nine of the Tour de France.

"It wasn't as good as expected and we wanted more," the 24-year-old told journalists after crossing the line.

"We expect more from the next few days in the mountains. We've lost a lot of time to our rivals including BMC but we have to deal with that if we want to do good overall classification."