Greig Leach

Capitalizing on all of the hard pace setting his teammates had put in, Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo) jumped on his pedals, putting in one of his signature accelerations. He got a gap on all of the GC men that were still in the group, but he couldn't shake the one man he really needed to gain time on. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) claimed that it was not his goal to hold the Maillot Jaune, he still wasn't going to let Contador ride away from him. While Nibali may want to spare his team working so hard to protect the Golden Fleece, he was in no mood to let such a strong contender as Contador get a leg up in the race for Yellow. The pair got rid of GC hopefuls and stage hopefuls alike perhaps trying to make the statement that they and their teams were up for the task of carrying the Maillot Jaune onto the Champs Elysees in Paris in just over two weeks time.