Stage 11

The road

How it was won

1. 151 km to go

   Movistar send Valverde up the road

   On the steep Col du Pré, Valverde and Soler are up the road into the virtual yellow jersey as Bahrain-Merida drag the bunch after them.

2. 238 km to go

   The bunch thins on the Roselend

   Nibali's Bahrain-Merida put Pellizotti on the front over the Cormet de Roselend and shred the group to thirty, clawing back half of Valverde's lead by the top.

3. 316 km to go

   Dumoulin bridges, Valverde refuses

   Dumoulin uses the long descent to bridge up to Valverde on the lower La Rosière, but when he turns to usher the Spaniard through, Valverde refuses to work, and Dumoulin drops him.

4. 46 km to go

   Thomas attacks, Froome waves through

   With 6km to go Thomas launches; Froome pulls over and waves the others across, but his rivals begin to call the bluff, and Bardet is the first to crack.

5. 53 km to go

   Froome jumps on Martin's wheel

   Dan Martin claws back and attacks; Froome, scarcely believing his luck, jumps aboard, and as the others hesitate the pair ease clear.

6. 6At the line

   Thomas takes the stage and yellow

   In the final kilometre Thomas produces a stinging acceleration to jump clear of Dumoulin and win in La Rosière — Sky's leader now in yellow with his rivals strewn down the mountain.

The result