Andy Schleck is at the heart of the peloton as it descends between Savoie vineyards...
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Robbie Hunter has crashed at a tricky intersection...
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Hunter's sore, but he soon continues...
Yaroslav Popovych has crashed a while later - he continues too...
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Sergio Paulinho leads the day's escape past the famous Chateau of Vizille...
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British champion Geraint Thomas is the first rider to load up with precious water bottles...
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The slumbering peloton is climbing the Col de Laffrey already eight minutes behind the escape...
There's more interest at the back - Tyler Farrar looks decidedly grim in this heat and on this climb..!
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Bradley Wiggins soaks up the pleasure of an icy-cold bottle of water...
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Steve Cummings comes back to finish the bottle off...
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Don't say Schleck is going to do the same..?!
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No, Schleck has the discretion to fetch a conventional water bottle from Bradley McGee...
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All the climbers are fetching water on the Laffrey - including Robert Gesink...
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He'll be a climber one day as well - Tour rookie Wesley Sulzberger has a jersey full of bottles...
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Lance Armstrong chats with Schleck on a descent that, we hope, is cooling them down a bit...
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Paulinho's escape has amassed a gap of almost eleven minutes with 50-kilometres to go..!
Fabian Cancellara leads a gentle demonstration of Saxo Bank's power now...
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Young Gavazzi is testing an ice-bag that's somehow clinging to his helmet - it's still a scorcher..!
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The peloton passes a stunning reservoir somewhere in the Provence-Alpes...
The peloton is still eleven minutes down as it starts the pretty Col de Noyer with 35-kilometres left...
Mario Aerts makes a big attack on the last climb, but two men are after him...
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Paulinho and Kiriyenka have caught and attacked Aerts on the final small climb...
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It's a tight sprint between Kiriyenka and Paulinho...
Sergio Paulinho wins stage ten into Gap - it is his and Radio Shack's first-ever Tour success..!
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