Tour de France: Stage 16 St Paul Trois Chateaux > Gap, 162.5kms

A true summer landscape of lavender watches the Tour fly across Provence...

SCENERYTDF

The pace is fast - too fast for escapes like Sylvain Chavanel's to succeed...

Juan Antonio Flecha attacks - and fails to stay away...

SKYTDF

Philippe Gilbert tries an attack with Tony Martin - and that fails too..!

OMEGATDF

Remy Di Gregorio has a go, but that will fail as well...

Team Sky chase another escape down - they have a plan of their own today..!

ZANDIOTDF

Levi Leipheimer is neither attacking nor getting dropped - he's just suffering somewhere in the peloton..!

SHACKTDF

Ten men have finally got away - and Boasson-Hagen and Martin are leading the way..!

SKYTDF

Fabian Cancellara can relax at last, and put on some warmer clothes now the escape has gone...

LEOPARDTDF

Martin is helped push the escape to a six-minute lead with 50-kilometres to go...

BMC start to wind up the chase pace in the pouring rain...

Ignatiev has attacked from the ten-man escape on the last climb above Gap...

KATUSHATDF

Ryder Hesjedal chases after Ignatiev, he seems to be working for teamate Thor Hushovd...

GARMINTDF

Hesjedal has attacked, caught Ignatiev and heads to the last five-kilometres of the ascent...

GARMINTDF

Five minutes later, Alberto Contador has started attacking..!

SAXOTDF

Contador attacks again and again - only Cadel Evans and Sammy Sanchez can stay with him..!

SAXOTDF

Evans now has a go, and Contador's face shows concern at his rival's strength...

BMCTDF

Thor Hushovd wins into Gap to take his third stage-win in the Tour..!

GARMINTDF

Thomas Voeckler finishes behind the Evans-Contador-Sanchez trio, he's still in Yellow but has lost some time today...

EUROPCARTDF

Andy Schleck finishes over one minute down on his overall rivals - his Tour chances are slipping away in the rain...

LEOPARDTDF