Gap is now 4:30 as they go through the feed zone and prepare for the final climb. There is almost 60KM of racing after the crest of Aubisque, so there probably won’t be any major attacks from the GC contenders.
Eurosport now seems to think they are going to let the Armstrong breakaway go. None of them are GC threats and it appears that AC and AS have agreed to take it easy today and let the Tourmalet sort things out Thursday.
Gap is now up to almost 6 minutes as the peleton is taking it very easy at the moment.