Setback as Martin loses time to top trio
Dan Martin has suffered a minor setback in the battle for General Classification in the Tour de France as he lost almost a minute and a half to three of the biggest contenders for yellow on a testing day in The Netherlands.
The Garmin Cannondale man was caught on the wrong side of a split on the 166km stage from Utrecht to Neeltje Jans and his group never managed to regain contact with the leading bunch which contained Chris Froome (Team Sky), Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo) and Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team).
