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Wednesday, July 16: Stage 11, Besançon - Oyonnax, 187.5 km

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Tony Gallopin wins stage 11. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 141: Côte de Rogna, 7.6 km @ 4.9% average gradient - Category 3
• Km 148.5: Côte de Choux, 1.7 km @ 6.5% - category 3
• Km 152.5: Côte de Désertin, 3.1 km @ 5.2% - category 4
• Km 168.0: Côte d'Échallon, 3 km @ 6.6% - category 3

The Race: It took a while for the day's break to go clear. Martin Elmiger (IAM), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis) and Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) escaped after about 33 kilometers of racing. Their gap eventually grew to over six minutes. After about a hundred kilometers into the stage, Cannondale and Orica-GreenEdge started bringing the escapees back.

As the lumpy second-half of the stage was reached, Andrew Talansky got into trouble. At one point, clearly suffering from agonizing pain in his back after two crashes in earlier stages, he dismounted and had a long talk with staff in the team car. He got back on his bike and eventually finished more than a half hour down, but within the time limit. He can start tomorrow.

Nicolas Roche made a bid to join the break, but Omega Pharma's Tony Martin chased everyone down. Martin's high-speed descending caused a split in the pack.

Late in the stage on an unrated climb Tony Gallopin took off with Michael Rogers, Michal Kwiatkowski and Peter Sagan for company. The quartet formed a working break. Gallopin tired to get away and was brought back. Undaunted, he went again.

The other three looked at each other for just those few, crucial seconds. Too late. Gallopin had bolted and was hustling for the finish. The other three were quickly reeled in.

Gallopin had just enough of a gap to take his hands off the bars to salute the crowd. Nice ride.

The top of the GC ranks remained unchanged except that Rui Costa was on the wrong side of the peloton split and dropped out of the top 10.

Complete Results: more photos coming...

Winner's average speed: 42.3 km/hr

1	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	4hr 25min 45sec
2	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
3	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
4	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
5	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
6	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
7	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
8	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
9	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
10	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
11	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
12	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
13	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
14	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
15	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
16	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
17	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
18	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
19	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
20	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
21	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
22	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
23	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
24	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
25	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
26	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
27	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
28	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
29	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
30	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
31	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
32	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
33	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
34	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
35	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
36	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 7 seconds
37	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
38	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 09''
39	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 00' 12''
40	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 00' 24''
41	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 27''
42	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 42''
43	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
44	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
45	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
46	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 01' 30''
47	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 32''
48	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01' 36''
49	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
50	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
51	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
52	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
53	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
54	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
55	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
56	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
57	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
58	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
59	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
60	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
61	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
62	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
63	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
64	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
65	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
66	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
67	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01' 42''
68	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02' 27''
69	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
70	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 04' 06''
71	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
72	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 08''
73	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 07' 27''
74	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 08' 00''
75	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
76	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
77	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
78	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
79	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 08' 14''
80	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
81	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
82	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
83	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
84	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
85	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
86	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
87	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
88	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 09' 42''
89	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
90	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
91	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
92	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 10' 56''
93	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
94	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
95	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
96	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
97	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
98	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 14' 27''
99	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
100	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
101	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 18' 25''
102	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
103	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
104	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
105	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
106	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
107	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
108	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
109	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
110	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
111	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
112	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
113	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
114	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
115	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
116	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
117	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
118	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
119	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
120	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
121	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
122	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
123	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
124	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
125	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
126	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
127	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
128	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
129	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
130	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
131	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
132	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
133	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
134	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
135	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
136	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
137	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
138	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
139	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
140	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
141	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
142	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
143	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
144	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
145	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
146	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
147	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
148	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 20' 26''
149	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
150	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
151	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
152	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
153	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
154	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
155	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
156	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
157	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
158	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
159	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
160	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
161	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
162	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
163	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
164	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
165	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
166	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
167	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
168	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
169	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
170	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM
171	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE
172	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
173	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
174	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
175	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
176	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
177	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING
178	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
179	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 32' 05''

GC after Stage 11: 1,971 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.945 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	46hr 59min 23sec
2	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	@ 2min 23sec
3	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 47''
4	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 01''
5	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03' 12''
6	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 03' 47''
7	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03' 56''
8	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 57''
9	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 04' 08''
10	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 04' 18''
11	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04' 31''
12	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 04' 39''
13	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 05' 17''
14	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 05' 34''
15	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 06' 03''
16	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 06' 47''
17	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 07' 33''
18	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 07' 42''
19	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 08' 01''
20	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 08' 25''
21	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 09' 12''
22	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 10' 32''
23	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 10' 35''
24	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 11' 32''
25	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 11' 51''
26	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 15' 27''
27	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 15' 43''
28	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 19' 50''
29	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 21' 27''
30	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 24' 24''
31	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 25' 51''
32	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 28' 24''
33	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 35' 06''
34	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 39' 58''
35	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 41' 08''
36	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 41' 22''
37	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 42' 16''
38	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 42' 52''
39	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 43' 44''
40	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 44' 32''
41	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 45' 26''
42	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 46' 14''
43	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 46' 46''
44	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 47' 09''
45	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 50' 59''
46	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 51' 02''
47	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 51' 09''
48	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 53' 12''
49	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 53' 29''
50	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	+ 55' 03''
51	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 55' 09''
52	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 55' 10''
53	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 55' 39''
54	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 56' 15''
55	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 56' 26''
56	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 56' 33''
57	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 57' 09''
58	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 58' 14''
59	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 58' 47''
60	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 58' 50''
61	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 59' 58''
62	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 00' 08''
63	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 02' 31''
64	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 02' 37''
65	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 07' 49''
66	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 08' 07''
67	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 08' 14''
68	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 08' 28''
69	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 08' 30''
70	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 09' 49''
71	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 12' 16''
72	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 13' 37''
73	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 14' 18''
74	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 14' 21''
75	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 15' 52''
76	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 16' 02''
77	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 18' 20''
78	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 18' 53''
79	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 19' 22''
80	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 20' 11''
81	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 20' 19''
82	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 20' 20''
83	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 20' 26''
84	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 20' 40''
85	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01h 20' 59''
86	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 21' 01''
87	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 22' 27''
88	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 22' 32''
89	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01h 22' 54''
90	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 23' 01''
91	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01h 23' 09''
92	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 24' 09''
93	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 24' 16''
94	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 24' 18''
95	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 24' 34''
96	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 25' 31''
97	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 25' 36''
98	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 25' 44''
99	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 26' 04''
100	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 26' 27''
101	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 26' 30''
102	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 26' 43''
103	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 26' 51''
104	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 26' 54''
105	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 27' 26''
106	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 27' 40''
107	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 27' 42''
108	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 27' 48''
109	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 27' 50''
110	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 28' 16''
111	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 29' 36''
112	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 30' 12''
113	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 30' 24''
114	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 31' 02''
115	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 33' 08''
116	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 33' 28''
117	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 34' 09''
118	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 34' 10''
119	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 34' 33''
120	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 34' 33''
121	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 35' 30''
122	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 36' 41''
123	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 37' 05''
124	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 38' 25''
125	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 38' 44''
126	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 39' 44''
127	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 39' 59''
128	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 40' 35''
129	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 40' 43''
130	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 43' 14''
131	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 43' 32''
132	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 44' 06''
133	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 44' 21''
134	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 46' 49''
135	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 48' 18''
136	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 48' 29''
137	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 49' 07''
138	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 49' 09''
139	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 49' 14''
140	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 51' 09''
141	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 52' 01''
142	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 52' 48''
143	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 53' 25''
144	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01h 55' 20''
145	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 57' 08''
146	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 57' 27''
147	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 58' 09''
148	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 58' 35''
149	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 58' 53''
150	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 58' 59''
151	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 59' 13''
152	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 59' 40''
153	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 00' 32''
154	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 02' 11''
155	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02h 03' 10''
156	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02h 03' 55''
157	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 04' 07''
158	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 05' 15''
159	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 05' 55''
160	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 06' 24''
161	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 07' 56''
162	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 09' 24''
163	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 09' 32''
164	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 09' 37''
165	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02h 10' 09''
166	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 10' 30''
167	Janier Alexis Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 11' 04''
168	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 11' 35''
169	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 13' 03''
170	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 13' 17''
171	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 14' 43''
172	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 15' 02''
173	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 15' 10''
174	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 15' 43''
175	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 17' 01''
176	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 18' 21''
177	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 19' 29''
178	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 27' 35''
179	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 41' 27''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	301 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	164
3	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	157
4	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	127
5	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	111
6	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	110
7	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	100
8	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	95
9	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	87
10	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	76
11	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	76
12	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	66
13	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	63
14	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	60
15	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	55
16	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	54
17	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	53
18	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	51
19	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	48
20	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	44
21	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	44
22	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	43
23	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	42
24	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	41
25	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	40
26	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	39
27	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	38
28	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	37
29	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	36
30	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	35
31	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	35
32	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	35
33	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	34
34	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
35	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	31
36	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
37	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	30
38	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	30
39	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	30
40	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	29
41	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	29
42	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	28
43	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28
44	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28
45	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	28
46	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
47	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
48	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	26
49	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	25
50	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	25
51	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	24
52	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	24
53	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	23
54	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	23
55	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
56	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
57	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	21
58	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
59	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
60	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	20
61	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	20
62	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	18
63	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	18
64	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	18
65	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	17
66	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	17
67	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
68	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
69	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	16
70	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA	15
71	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
72	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
73	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	15
74	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
75	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
76	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	13
77	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	13
78	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
79	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	12
80	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
81	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	11
82	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	11
83	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
84	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	10
85	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	10
86	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
87	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
88	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	10
89	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
90	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	9
91	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	9
92	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
93	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	8
94	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
95	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	8
96	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	8
97	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
98	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	7
99	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	6
100	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	6
101	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	6
102	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5
103	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	4
104	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
105	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	4
106	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
107	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	4
108	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	4
109	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4
110	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	3
111	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	3
112	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	3
113	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
114	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	3
115	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
116	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	3
117	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	2
118	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
119	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	1
120	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
121	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	1
122	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	-4
123	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	-5
124	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	-5
125	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-13
126	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-20

Mountains Classification:

1	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	51 points
2	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	34
3	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
4	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	20
5	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	18
6	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	17
7	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	16
8	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	12
9	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	12
10	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
11	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	11
12	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	10
13	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	9
14	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6
15	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	6
16	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	5
17	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	5
18	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
19	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4
20	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4
21	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4
22	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
23	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	3
24	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
25	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	2
26	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
27	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	2
28	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	2
29	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	2
30	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	2
31	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
32	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	1
33	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
34	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
35	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1
36	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1
37	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	1
38	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1
39	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1
40	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	47hr 2min 24sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 46sec
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 38''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 12' 42''
5	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 38' 07''
6	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 52' 08''
7	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 53' 14''
8	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 05' 27''
9	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 15' 52''
10	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 17' 10''
11	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 17' 19''
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 20' 00''
13	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 21' 33''
14	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 23' 29''
15	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 24' 25''
16	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 28' 01''
17	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 35' 24''
18	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 40' 13''
19	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 45' 28''
20	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 56' 12''
21	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 02' 14''
22	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 07' 29''
23	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 12' 09''
24	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 15' 20''
25	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 16' 28''
26	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 24' 34''

Team Classificaton:

1	Ag2R La Mondiale	141hr 5min 43sec
2	Astana Pro Team	@ 3min 19sec
3	Belkin Pro Cycling	+ 04' 25''
4	Team Sky	+ 04' 56''
5	BMC Racing Team	+ 21' 20''
6	Movistar Team	+ 22' 34''
7	Lampre - Merida	+ 27' 16''
8	Team Europcar	+ 29' 23''
9	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 30' 07''
10	Trek Factory Racing	+ 43' 31''
11	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 47' 29''
12	Team Katusha	+ 49' 53''
13	Lotto-Belisol	+ 52' 03''
14	FDJ.Fr	+ 54' 13''
15	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 01h 00' 11''
16	Iam Cycling	+ 01h 11' 01''
17	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 01h 37' 52''
18	Orica Greenedge	+ 01h 42' 47''
19	Garmin - Sharp	+ 01h 48' 07''
20	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 02h 13' 09''
21	Cannondale	+ 02h 13' 23''
22	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	+ 02h 22' 49''

Stage 11 photos:

Vincenzo Nibali heads to the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Frank Schleck at the sign in. Photo ©Sirotti

Peter Sagan. Photo ©Sirotti

Best young rider Romain Bardet. Photo ©Sirotti

Bauke Mollema. Photo ©Sirotti

Time to start racing. Photo ©Sirotti

After being caught, Tony Gallopin goes again. Here he drives hard for the line. Photo ©Sirotti.

Peter Sagan, Michal Kwiatkowski and Michael Rogers chase Gallopin, but they hesitated for jsut a few seconds before taking up the pursuit. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali was vigilant and finished with the front group and avoided any time loss. Photo ©Sirotti

Geraint Thomas. Photo ©Sirotti

Rui Costa was on the wrong side of the peloton split. He dropped out of the top ten. Photo ©Sirotti

Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff-Saxo). Photo ©Sirotti

The pack passed Gallopin just after the line. They were all given the same time. Photo ©Sirotti

Big John Degenkolb was second after coming from way back. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Tony Gallopin. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali will start stage 12 in yellow. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 11 live updates:

Weather at Besançon, 12:45 PM local time: 25c (77F), wind from the north at 10 km/hr (6 mph), sunny with a forecast to warm to 27C (81F). Humidity 46%. Sounds like a nice day for a bicycle race.

Km 8: 179 riders started today. Fabian Cancellara withdrew yesterday to prepare for the world championships this fall.

A break of four riders - Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Gregory Rast (Trek) and Jérôme Pineau (IAM), Dries Devenyns (Giant) - attempted to make a break of it, but the move was quickly snuffed.

Km 20: The peloton isn't being very generous so far. Adam Hansen, Sylvain Chavanel and Peter Sagan have each tried to escape solo and all were brought back. Average speed so far has been a speedy 51.6 k/hr.

Monday's stage turned everything upside down. Only Peter Sagan kept his classification leadership. Vincenzo Nibali became the new yellow jersey, Joaquin Rodriguez has the polka-dots, Romain Bardet is the best young rider and Ag2r took over the team classification.

Km 34: We may have our break: Martin Elmiger (IAM), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis) and Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne-Séché Environnement). The trio is 1min 10sec ahead of the peloton.

And what is Tinkoff-Saxo going to do now that both Alberto Contador and Jesus Hernandez have crashed out? The team still has a lot of horsepower in Michael Rogers, Nicolas Roche, Sergio Paulinho, Daniele Bennati, Michael Morkov and Rafal Majka. None are riders who can have realistic ambitions for wearing yellow in Paris, but there are lots of other way a team can make an impact. Michael Morkov explained, “It totally changes our way of racing. It's a new race for us. We'll try and go for stage wins, myself included. We have a lot of guys in the team who are fresh and ready to attack. Today it's probably a good day for breakaways. The last part of the stage is hard. It's a question of getting into the right group.”

Km 40: This is the break that will go. The gap has gone out to 2min 30sec.

Km 50: Hokey Smoke Bullwinkle! The trio of Martin Elmiger (IAM), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis) and Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) is now riding 6min 10sec ahead of the pack.

Km 65: Enough of that! Cannondale and Orica-GreenEdge have strung out the peloton and reduced the trio's lead to five minutes. Astana rides massed near the front. Andrew Talansky, who has had such a rough start to this year's Tour rides at the back.

Km 75: Cannondale, led by Elia Viviani is leading the pack. The gap is down to 4min 40sec. As the peloton roared through Montrond a speed check sign showed 55 km/hr.

Km 92: Cyril Lemoine was the first of the break riders to cross the intermediate sprint line. André Greipel was fourth, followed by Marcel Kittel. Peter Sagan did not contest the sprint and crossed in 11th place. The break's lead is 4min 4sec.

Km 100, 87.5 km to go: The riders have gone through the feed zone and some have stopped to relieve themselves before the road starts getting lumpy. There will be four categorized ascents in the final 40 kilometers. The gap has gone back out to 4min 32sec. Cannondale, Orica-GreenEdge, FDJ and Astana are at the front.

Km 106: Oh no! Andrew Talansky is coming off. He's had a flat tire then stopped to take a "natural break", but can't go the speed of the pack and continues to lose ground. His team, Garmin-Sharp, has so far not sent any riders back to help him regain the field. He's on his own and the pack works to chase down the break that is 3min 36sec up the road.

Km 114: Talansky is 1min 20sec behind the peloton. Still no help sent back to him. Talansky is not only suffering from two crashes, he went deep when he won the Dauphiné a few weeks ago. Riders who win the Dauphiné regularly have trouble in the Tour. Lance Armstrong regretted his winning the Dauphiné in 2003, saying he should have let Iban Mayo win the damn race.

Km 126: The break is descending 2min 55sec ahead of the field before the start of the first categorized climb, the third-category Côte de Rogna. Talansky is more than three minutes behind the peloton.

Km 132: Garmin-Sharp is at the front, chasing. Talansky is obviously being written off. The break's - Martin Elmiger (IAM), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis) and Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) - gap is down to 2min 34sec.

Km 135: On the Côte de Rogna, lots of riders are being dropped as Garmin-Sharp taps out a serious pace. Anthony Delaplace has been dropped from the break. Talansky will probably have to limit his time loss today to about 25 minutes to avoid being eliminated. He's about eight minutes behind now.

Talansky is off his bike, clearly suffering from serious back pain. He's talking to team staff by the side of the road. Looks to me like he's abandoning.

Km 144: Talansky got back on his bike. Martin Elmiger was first over the Rogna, Lemoine was dropped and has been absorbed by the field. Nicolas Roche and Jan Bakelants are now trying to chase down Elmiger. The pair are a half-minute behind Elmiger and another half-minute in front of the peloton. They are on the third-category Côte de Choux with its 11% patch of gradient.

Km 150: Elmiger is first over the Côte de Choux with Roche and Bakelants just 10 seconds back. The pack is just 40 seconds behind Elmiger. Talansky is 17 minutes back.

The chasing pair have caught Elmiger. Jesus Herrada and Cyril Gautier have set off and are pursuing the lead trio. They are on the fourth-category Côte de Désertin. Herrada and Gautier have the lead trio in sight. The pack is just a half-minute back.

Km 152: The catch has been made. Now there are five off the front: Gautier (Europcar), Herrada (Movistar), Elmiger (IAM), Roche (Tinkoff) and Bakelants (OPQS). The pack chases at 32 seconds. Over the top, the break riders did not contest the KOM points as Elmiger led them over.

Cannondale led the pack over a half-minute later. Simon Gerrans, who has voiced ambitions for a stage win today, is near the front.

Km 168: Roche has taken off and the other escapees have been reeled in. Roche crests the third category Côte d'Échallon with just nine second's lead over the peloton. Michele Scarponi and José Serpa crashed, but both look to be back up.

The descent is very technical, which will play to Roche's advantage.

Nope. Tony Martin has dragged the field up to Roche. Martin leads with Nibali near the front. Looks like a small gap has formed because of Martin's pressure.

Km 174: Tony Gallopin is trying to get away on the descent. It looks like the peloton has come back together. Nope, there is still a split.

10 km to go: Sagan, Nibali are at the front. Sagan leads. Gallopin still has about 10 seconds. The riders are flying crazy-fast down the road. They are going 70 km/hr.

5 km to go: Tinkoff-Saxo's Michael Rogers leads the peloton. Gallopin has just a few seconds lead. Gallopin has been caught by Sagan, Rogers and Kwiatkowski. The quartet have formed a working break.

2.5 km to go: Gallopin goes again. He's got a gap that he might keep to the end.

Under the red kite: Gallopin looks back. He's got it! The Sagan group has been caught.

The finish: Gallopin has time to take both hands off the bars to salute the corwd. Just a few feet behind John Degenkold looks to have won the field sprint with a fantastic jump, coming from way back.

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