At least the sheep appeared during the climb and not in the fog on the decent. That could have been disasterous.
15KM from the base of Tourmalet. Saxo Bank has moved toward the front of the peleton and is beginning to ramp up the pace a little.
This climb is the entire tour. Andy Schleck must put a minimum of one minute, and ideally two minutes to have any chance of holding the lead in Saturday’s TT.
We will know in about an hour who this years champion will be.