There's no sign of nerves for Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas on the Sky bus at the start...
SKYDAUPHINE
The peloton starts its day alongside the Lac du Bourget...
SCENERYDAUPHINE
Adriano Malori and Jeremy Roy have escaped, but there's no-one chasing them on the first climb...
ESCAPEDAUPHINE
The teams of Sky, Garmin and Cofidis are in no hurry to chase - there's a headwind all the way to Macon today..!
PELOTONDAUPHINE
Wiggins needs a bike changed - he doesn't look too impressed at having to wait so long...
The Sky mechanic hands over a different bike, but Wiggins will change it again after work's been done on his preferred machine...
SKYDAUPHINEMECHANICAL
Tyler Farrar also need a new bike, this should become a sprinter's day if the teams do their work well...
MECHANICALDAUPHINE
Matthew Busche is sharing a joke with teamate, Paulinho...
SHACKDAUPHINE
Fabian Wegmann is having a very big laugh with fellow German, John Degenkolb...
FRIENDSDAUPHINE
Team Sky is riding a fair tempo so far, but soon it'll be time for the sprinters to take over...
GERRANSCHASEDAUPHINE
Roy and Malori have built a four minute lead with about 70-kilometres to go...
Team Garmin has taken up the chase more seriously - allowing David Zabriskie to unleash his enviable turn of speed for an hour or so...
ZABRISKIECHASEDAUPHINE
Malori and Roy are still clinging to a minute's lead with 10-kilometres to go...
It's a close-finish into Macon...
HTCSPRINTDAUPHINE
John Degenkolb is all smiles again as he wins stage four ahead of Boason-Hagen and Haedo...
HTCDAUPHINE