Stage 7

The road

How it was won

1. 145 km to go

   Nibali stirs on the Capvern

   Vincenzo Nibali jumps clear for the mountain point on the day's first climb and is instantly reeled in by Tony Martin — but the move plants the idea that the break will not ride to the Aspin intact.

2. 236 km to go

   Cummings bridges alone

   Duchesne and Breschel force clear, Van Avermaet leaps onto the speeding train, and Steve Cummings hauls himself across on his own with 35.5km to go — no threat to the yellow jersey at more than 42 minutes down, and left to it.

3. 37 km to go

   Over the Aspin with a minute

   The Col d'Aspin crests just seven kilometres from the line and it bites hard: Navarro drops Nibali and Impey in the chase, but Cummings is already a minute up the road and climbing steadily.

4. 4At the line

   Cummings solos into Lac de Payolle

   Steve Cummings takes Dimension Data's fourth stage win of the race. Behind, the 1km inflatable arch collapses and holds up the peloton, letting Van Avermaet come home in his own time and keep yellow.

The result