Break is almost 10’ ahead of peleton as they completed the Cat 3 climb on Côte des Terrasses
~74 km to go including Col du Noyer - 7.4 km climb to 5.3 %
14:23 - No Former Stage Winners In Escape
Of the six men ahead of the peloton - Aerts, Paulinho, Kiryienka, Devenyns, Bouet or Rolland - none have previously won a stage of the Tour. The best in the general classification is Mario Aerts (OLO) who is 44th after nine stages, 32’55” behind Schleck.
15:49 - Leaders At 97km Mark
Cancellara leads Nicki Sorensen, Matti Breschel and Stuart O’Grady as the peloton reaches the 1km to climb sing on the cote des Terrasses. This is a 3.3km long ascent with an average gradient of 7.1 per cent.
15:46 - Advantage Up To 10’00”
With 80km to go, the six escapees are 10 minutes ahead of the peloton that continues to be led by the eight Saxo Bank riders.
15:44 - Result Of Second Climb
The points for the cote des Terrasses were won by: 1. Aerts (OLO) 4pts 2. Kiryienka (GCE) 3pts 3. Rolland (BTL) 2pts 4. Paulinho (RSH) 1pt