Tour de France: Stage 13 Pau > Lourdes, 152.5kms

A bruised and battered Andreas Kloden is in trouble less than 10-kilometres into the stage...

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Johan Bruyneel tries to encourage the German to continue...

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Another German, Sebastian Lang, has fallen off - the chaos could help bring Kloden back to the speeding peloton...

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Kloden hitches a ride to within 100-metres of the peloton, but that's as close as he gets before abandoning...

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There's been a touch of wheels on a big, wide, rising road...

Incredibly, Radio Shack's Markel Irizar has been injured in the fall, but not badly..!

Thor Hushovd has established a big escape after 60-kilometres of racing - the stage is in their grasp as no-one is chasing...

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The escape starts the Col d'Aubisque with a seven-minute lead - then Pineau attacks...

Hushovd responds by attacking himself - a repetition of the 2009 Tour..!

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There's not much sign of life in the peloton - Monfort guards Frank Schleck who's got Basso alongside him...

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Bauke Mollema is trying to bridge the gap up to the escape which has teamate Tjallingii in it...

Jeremy Roy has caught Hushovd and heads towards the summit of the Aubisque with a minute in hand on Hushovd and Moncoutie...

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Low clould cannot hide the mystical beauty of the Col d'Aubisque...

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Thomas Voeckler leads the peloton down the descent and towards the Col du Soulor - they're eight minutes down...

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Levi Leipheimer is now Radio Shack's best hope in the Tour - he's a leader of just a five-man team..!

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Europcar shelter Voeckler on the Soulor climb - there's still little sign of a chase today...

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Philippe Gilbert has attacked on the descent and head towards the finish with Mollema - he'll win six precious points towards the Green jersey...

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Further ahead, Hushovd has caught Moncoutie and now tries to catch Roy...

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Roy is about to be caught with four-kilometres remaining...

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Thor Hushovd wins stage thirteen into Lourdes - the World Champion is in the form of his life..!

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