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Friday, July 18: Stage 13, St Etienne - Chamrousse, 197.5 km (hilltop finish)

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Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 13. Photo ©Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 24.0: Col de la Croix de Monvieux, 8 km @ 4.1% average gradient - category 3
• Km 152.0: Col de Palaquit, 14.1 km @ 6.1% average gradient - category 1
• Km 197.5: Montée de Chamrousse, 18.2 km @ 7.3% - Hors Category

The Race: Today's first day in the high mountains didn't lack for drama or surprises.

On the day's second climb, the first-category Col de Palaquit, Cannondale's Alessandro de Marchi went solo. He pressed on and when he started the 2014 Tour's first hors category climb, the ascent to Chamrousse, he was still alone and being chased by Jan Bakelants.

The day had been raced at a very high speed and in real heat. When the peloton started ascending the Chamrousse climb, it was quickly shredded and soon there were just 15 riders. Movistar, looking to set things up for an Alejandro Valverde move, had been particularly active at the front of the peloton, keeping the speed high.

Very quickly Sky's GC man, Richie Porte was dropped. Then one after another riders of the caliber of Pierre Rolland and Rui Costa were also shelled. De Marchi was caught and passed by the reduced peloton.

The first big move came NetApp-Endura's Leopold König. He attacked the fast-moving yellow-jersey peloton, taking Rafal Majka with him. Soon thereafter Alejandro Valverde made his expected attack. It was a violent and effective acceleration, but race leader Vincenzo Nibali was immediately on his wheel. They were later joined by Thibaut Pinot and Laurens Ten Dam.

Six kilometers from the finish, without making any particular attack, Nibali just rode the others off his wheel. He was soon up to and past Konig and Majka, soloing off the front. It was an extraordinary performance.

Nibali crossed the line ten seconds ahead of Majka, and more significantly, nearly a minute in front of Valverde. Still, Valverde's efforts paid off, he is now in second place with French wonder Romain Bardet third.

Several riders had a catastrophic day, including Porte, who lost about nine minutes, and Michal Kwiatkowski. Nibali's Astana teammate, Jakob Fuglsang had been sitting in tenth place, but after crashing on a descent, he was never able to regain the front group.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 37.9 km/hr

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

GC after Stage 13: 2,354 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.492 km/hr

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

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	341 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	191
3	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	172
4	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	167
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	118
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	117
7	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	117
8	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	115
9	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	87
10	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	81
11	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	80
12	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	76
13	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	74
14	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	70
15	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	64
16	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	63
17	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	63
18	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	56
19	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	55
20	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	55
21	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	55
22	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	53
23	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	51
24	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	49
25	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	44
26	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	44
27	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	43
28	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	43
29	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	42
30	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	41
31	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	40
32	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	40
33	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	39
34	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	35
35	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	35
36	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	35
37	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
38	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	32
39	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	32
40	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	31
41	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	31
42	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	31
43	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
44	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	30
45	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	30
46	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	29
47	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	29
48	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	29
49	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28
50	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	28
51	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
52	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	27
53	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
54	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	26
55	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	26
56	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	25
57	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	24
58	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	23
59	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	23
60	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	23
61	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
62	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	22
63	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
64	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
65	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
66	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	20
67	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	20
68	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	20
69	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	20
70	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	19
71	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	18
72	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	17
73	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
74	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	16
75	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	16
76	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
77	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
78	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
79	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	15
80	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	14
81	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	14
82	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	14
83	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
84	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	13
85	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
86	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	12
87	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
88	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	11
89	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	11
90	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	11
91	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	11
92	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	10
93	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	10
94	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
95	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
96	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	8
97	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	8
98	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	8
99	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	8
100	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
101	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
102	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	7
103	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	7
104	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	7
105	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	6
106	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	6
107	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5
108	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	4
109	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
110	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	4
111	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
112	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	4
113	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	4
114	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4
115	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	3
116	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	3
117	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
118	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	3
119	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	3
120	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	2
121	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
122	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	1
123	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	-4
124.	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP	-5
125.	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	-5
126.	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-13
127.	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-20

Mountains Classification:

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	70 points
2	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	53
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	41
4	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	40
5	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	40
6	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	34
7	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	32
8	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	28
9	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
10	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	22
11	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	20
12	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	18
13	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	17
14	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	14
15	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	12
16	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
17	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	11
18	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	10
19	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	9
20	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	9
21	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6
22	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	6
23	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	5
24	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	5
25	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
26	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
27	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	4
28	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4
29	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4
30	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
31	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
32	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	2
33	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
34	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	2
35	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	2
36	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	2
37	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	2
38	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	2
39	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	1
40	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
41	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
42	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1
43	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1
44	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1
45	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	1
46	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	56hr 48min 27sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 16 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 04' 27''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 37' 50''
5	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 15' 22''
6	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 21' 04''
7	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 27' 08''
8	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 35' 18''
9	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 35' 19''
10	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 44' 40''
11	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 45' 16''
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 50' 59''
13	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 57' 03''
14	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 00' 44''
15	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 01' 53''
16	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 04' 37''
17	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 07' 40''
18	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 11' 52''
19	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 14' 11''
20	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 34' 47''
21	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 46' 41''
22	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 53' 43''
23	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 54' 35''
24	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 01' 49''
25	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03h 04' 51''

Team Classification:

1	Ag2R La Mondiale	170hr 27min 17sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 9min 24sec
3	Team Sky	+ 23' 46''
4	Astana Pro Team	+ 29' 20''
5	BMC Racing Team	+ 33' 31''
6	Movistar Team	+ 45' 25''
7	Team Europcar	+ 55' 33''
8	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 01h 00' 15''
9	Lampre - Merida	+ 01h 00' 40''
10	Trek Factory Racing	+ 01h 02' 14''
11	Lotto-Belisol	+ 01h 33' 16''
12	FDJ.Fr	+ 01h 34' 32''
13	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 01h 39' 52''
14	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 01h 40' 14''
15	Iam Cycling	+ 01h 41' 17''
16	Team Katusha	+ 01h 47' 15''
17	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 01h 54' 50''
18	Bretagne - Seche Environnement	+ 03h 00' 57''
19	Garmin - Sharp	+ 03h 09' 06''
20	Orica Greenedge	+ 03h 31' 07''
21	Cannondale	+ 03h 36' 44''
22	Giant-Shimano	+ 03h 38' 13'

Stage 13 photos:

Nibali has just passed under the red kite. Rafal Majka can be seen chasing. Photo © Sirotti

Leopold König and Rafal Majka climb to Chamrousse. Photo © Sirotti

Thibaut Pinot and Alejandro Valverde. Photo ©Sirotti

Tejay Van Garderen and Romain Bardet. Photo ©Sirotti

Laurens Ten Dam. Photo ©Sirotti

Bauke Mollema and Frank Schleck. Photo ©Sirotti

Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Pierre Rolland. Photo ©Sirotti

Rui Costa. Photo ©Sirotti

Michal Kwiatkowski. Photo ©Sirotti

Mikel Nieve leads Richie Porte. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali gave a master class in racing today. Photo © Sirotti

Beranrd Hinault with Nibali on the podium. Photo © Sirotti

Stage 13 live updates:

Weather at Chamrousse at 1:05 PM local time: 26C (79F), wind from the west-southwest at 10 kmh (6mph). Sunny, no chance of rain. 34% humdity.

Km 0: We have arrived at the Alps. Today will have this edition's first hors category climb, the hilltop finish at Chamrousse. 177 riders started after a moment of remembrance for Jean-Louis Gauthier (who wore yellow in the 1983 Tour), whose funeral is today. Both Dutch teams, Giant-Shimano and Belkin, are wearing black arm bands in homage to the down flight MH17 that started in Amsterdam.

Km 39: As the peloton came to the day's first climb, the third category Col de la Croix de Monvieux, seven riders went clear: Giovanni Visconti (Movistar), Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), Blel Kadri (AG2R), Jack Bauer (Garmin), Tom Dumoulin (Giant), Kristjan Durasek (Lampre) and Daniel Oss (BMC). Bauer was dropped and Dumoulin punctured.

Then Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) and Brice Feillu (Bretagne) bridged to the five. Chasing those seven were Jan Bakelants (OPQS) and Rudy Molard (Cofidis).

Giovanni Visconti was first over the Monvieux.

And now, after the descent, the seven escapees are 24 seconds ahead of Bakelants and Molard and 2min 50sec in front of the peloton.

Km 46: Bakelants and Molard have made contact with the break, so now there are nine riders 3 minutes ahead of the peloton.

Km 55: The gap is holding steady at 3min 15sec. Katusha is pulling on the leash because their rider Joaquin Rodriguez has made no secret of the fact that he wants to wear polka-dots in Paris. Since today's finish is above category, the points are doubled. 50 KOM points are waiting for the winner at Chamrousse. Given that Rodriguez, who currently leads the mountains classification with 51 points to Thomas Voeckler's 34, the importance of today's finish are clear.

Km 64: Arthur Vichot, 2013 French road champion, has abandoned. The nine breakaways have a lead of 3min 40sec. Vichot's director sportif explained, “Arthur has been sick with bronchitis for five days. We were hoping that the heat would help him to be healthy again. Yesterday, it was difficult for him to follow the rhythm and today, the fast start has been too much. It's a pity. He would have had an important role alongside his best friend Thibaut Pinot in the coming days.”

Km 81, 82 km to go: The nine escapees are 4min 53sec up the road. The best-placed member of the break is Brice Feillu, 11min 32sec behind Vincenzo Nibali in the general classification and sitting in 24th place.

Km 97: I see four Katusha riders at the front of the peloton. They are followed by Astana. The break's gap is just about four minutes. After 2hrs 14minutes of racing, the peloton has just left the feed zone.

Km 103: Daniel Navarro, looking terrible, has pulled over to the side of the road. He has abandoned.

Km 108: Oh, no! Garmin-Sharp rider Javier Acevedo is off his bike and talking with his director Robbie Hunter. Acevedo has also abandoned.

Katusha has whittled the break's lead to 3min 16sec. At times the peloton is in a long, single-file line, so insistent are Katusha's efforts.

Km 116: The nine riders off the front with a lead that has been cut down to 2min 40sec: Giovanni Visconti (Movistar), Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), Jan Bakelants (OPQS), Blel Kadri (AG2R), Kristjan Durasek (Lampre), Daniel Oss (BMC), Rudy Molard (Cofidis), Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) and Brice Feillu (Bretagne).

Km 120: Daniel Oss seems to be unhappy with the others in the break. He's on his second attempt to leave the other eight behind. Oss has been caught again. Gap back to the Katusha-led pack is 2min 7sec and steadily falling. Europcar riders have come up to the front and asked to join in the seven-man Katusha line. Europcar doesn't have a rider in the break.

Km 131, 65.6 km to go: Europcar's Kevin Reza just took a pull at the front. Is Europcar's Thomas Voeckler ambitious to take Rodriguez' polka-dots? Those 50 KOM points at Chamrousse will matter a lot. The break's gap has fallen under two minutes, it's now 1min 34sec.

The race is approaching the first-category Col de Palaquit, a 14-km long climb.

Km 136: This is a fast stage. The riders are 20 minutes ahead of the fastest projected schedule. Average speed so far is 44.8 km/hr. The break has broken up again under Daniel Oss' pressure. Blel Kadri is now leading just four of the break's riders. Sprinters are getting shelled from the peloton as the Palaquit begins.

Europcar leads the peloton.

Km 140: Blel Kadri leads just Jan Bakelants at the pointy part of the race.

It's hot and more than a few riders have completely unzipped their jerseys.

Alessandro de Marchi rode back up to Kadri and Bakelants. He then went right on by and is now the rider in the lead. Thomas Voeckler is struggling behind the peloton.

Km 144: Nibali is at the front of the peloton. Nibali has already lost two domestiques, Dmitri Gruzdev and Tanel Kangert. Sky has moved up to the front as well. De Marchi is 1min 43sec ahead of the yellow jersey group. Kadri and Bakelants trail De Marchi by 40 seconds.

Now Bakelants has attacked Kadri and headed up the road in search of De Marchi.

Km 147: Luis Angel Maté (Cofidis) has jumped from the peloton. It looks like Kadri has cracked. In the peloton it looks like Nibali has four Astana riders with him.

Astana leads the peloton. Chris Horner is at the front of the pack as well.

Km 149, 3 km from the summit of the Palaquit: Alesandro De Marchi is pedaling strongly in a small gear. Bakelants trails by 50 seconds. The pack is 3 minutes behind De Marchi. Astana domestiques Michele Scarponi and Lieuwe Westra are riding at the back of the peloton rather than at the front with Nibali.

Km 152: Over the summit of the Palaquit, De Marchi goes over first, followed by Jan Bakelants, 70 seconds later. Bakelants gets a different bike for the descent. Then Maté 20 seconds after Bakelants. Jerome Pineau followed later, fourth, 2min 40sec after De Marchi.

Chris Horner leads the yellow jersey group up the mountain. Michal Kwiatkowski is in trouble.

Joaquin Rodriguez gets the fifth-place KOM points, 2min 45sec behind De Marchi. Now a long descent.

Astana's Jakob Fuglsang fell and went sliding at speed down the hill. Though he's really scuffed up, Fuglsang is back up and chasing.

Km 172, 25 km to go: De Marchi was first thorugh the intermediate sprint at the bottom of the descent. He's followed by Bakelants, 48 seconds back. The pelton is 3min 31sec behind De Marchi and is led by FDJ. Fuglsang can't quite close the gap up to the yellow jersey group.

Km 176: Closing in on the big final climb De Marchi is starting to look gassed. Bakelants looks better, but is not closing the gap, which is 40 seconds. At this point, Nibali has two domestiques, Lieuwe Westra and Tanel Kangert.

Km 180: The hors category climb to Chamrousse has begun. The stage has so far been raced at an average speed of 41 km/hr. Movistar has moved to the front of the yellow jersey group.

Lieuwe Westra has hit the wall and has been dropped. Nibali has just Tanel Kangert for help. Kangert has been struggling today. Functionally, Nibali is isolated.

Km: 182: Movistar is pounding at the front of the yellow jersey group, which is losing riders steadily. Bakelants has been caught and De Marchi is 70 seconds up the road.

Sky's Geraint Thomas has been dropped as has Nicolas Roche. Richie Porte is looking good in the yellow jersey group. Bauke Mollema, Alejandro Valverede and Tejay Van Garderen are up there as well.

Km 184: The inevitable has happened, De Marchi has been caught and he's trying to hang on to the speeding yellow jersey group.

The Tour de France is in play now. It's be here or be square.

Here who has made the cut in the front group:  Mikel Nieve and Richie Porte (Sky), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Rafal Majka and Michael Rogers (Tinkoff), Vincenzo Nibali and Tanel Kangert (Astana), Bauke Mollema and Laurens ten Dam (Belkin), Jean-Christophe Péraud and Romain Bardet (AG2R), Rui Costa and Chris Horner (Lampre), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Jurgen van den Broeck (Lotto) Tejay van Garderen and Peter Stetina (BMC), Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Fränck Schleck and Haimar Zubeldia (Trek), Leo König (NetApp).

Km 185: Richie Porte is losing contact with the front group! Sky teammate Mikel Nieve dropped back to help Porte. Porte is already a half-minute back.

Though Tanel Kangert had been stuggling, he is leading the front group.

Kangert is dropped. So is Rolland, Stetina and Costa. This front elite bunch is being shredded.

Km 187: Bam! Leopold Konig attacks. Rafal Majka joins him. Rui Costa and Rolland have made it back.

Km 188: Double Bam! Alejandro Valverde attacks. Nibali chases and is quickly up to him. Thibaut Pinot is on to them like stink on poo!

Now we have Valverde, Nibali and Pinot chasing Konig and Majka.

Km 189: Laurens Ten Dam is up with the Nibali group, which follows Koenig and Majka by 11 seconds. The others are a minute back. This is insane. Everyone is going deep and racing desperately hard.

Km 190: Valverde is doing the work of trying to catch Koenig and Majka. Nibali looks good and needs only hold Valverde's wheel.

Porte has called for medical assitance.

Km 191: Triple BAM! Nibali goes. Pinot tries to hold his wheel and can't. Nibali has caught Koenig and Majka.

Further back down Romain Bardet has bolted form his group and is chasing solo.

Pinot tells Valverde to help chase Nibali, but Valverde can't.

5 km to go: Valverde attacks Pinot, but can't drop the Frenchman. Tejay Van Garderen and Romain Bardet are chasing about 90 seconds behind the leaders.

3 Km to go: Nibali has just ridden Konig and Majka off his wheel. He's alone and of the front.

2 km to go: Valverde and Pinot are 45 seconds behind Nibali.

Under the red kite: Nibali is riding to a fantastic stage win.

The finish: Nibali zips his jersey. He wins the stage, followed by Majka at 10 seconds, Konig and then Valverde, 50 seconds behind Nibali.

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